Cutting Cubes

Geometry Level 4

In how many separate parts do the planes x = y , y = z , z = x x=y, y=z, z=x divide the cube C C ? C : ( x , y , z ) ; 0 x , y , z 1 \large C : {(x,y,z) ; 0≤x,y,z≤1}

(In simpler words, C C is a cube in the 3D plane which has the coordinate axes as three adjacent edges and ( 1 , 1 , 1 ) (1,1,1) as one of it's vertices.)


The answer is 6.

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Dec 3, 2018

There are six parts: x > y > z ; x > z > y ; y > x > z ; y > z > x ; z > x > y ; z > y > x x>y>z\space;\space x>z>y\space;\space y>x>z\space;\space y>z>x\space;\space z>x>y\space ;\space z>y>x

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