There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes. What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides.
-- James.
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There is a 4 inch cube painted on all sides. This is cut down into of 1 inch cubes. What is the no of cubes which have no pointed sides.
-- James.
I think there is only one cube with no pointed sides.Is my finding correct?
No. the answer is 8.
Formula to find the result is (N-2)^3 where N is number of cubes in one side.
In this cas N is 4.
-- James
Thanks for your detailed explanation. I could get the approach easily now.