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A 12X16X24 cuboid is filled up with 4608 cubes of side 1. An ant passes in a straight line, connecting two opposite..

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A 12X16X24 cuboid is filled up with 4608 little cubes of length 1. An ant passes through a straight line, connecting two opposite vertices of the cuboid.

How many little cubes does the ant pass through?

posted Aug 15, 2018 by anonymous
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The answer could be 39, 35 or 27 depending on vertices the ant chooses to pass. see picture for explanation, red cubes to be counted


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answer Aug 15, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov

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