After Gozilla finished demolishing New York City, he searched for a new hobby and found painting cubes in black and white to be quite relaxing.
However after some time it got pondering, how many cubes could it paint, that are just distinguishable by their different coloring?
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Consider by cases:
Case 1 : 6 white faces
Clearly there is only one cube. 1 possibility.
Case 2 : 5 white faces, 1 black face
Every cube of this form is identical, since it can be rotated. 1 possibility.
Case 3 : 4 white faces, 2 black faces
Either the two black faces are touching, or they're opposite. 2 possibilities
Case 4 : 3 white faces, 3 black faces
The three black faces must either form a corner or a line. 2 possibilities.
By symmetry, the last three cases are the same as the first three.
Thus there are ( 1 + 1 + 2 ) ∗ 2 + 2 = 1 0 different possible paintings.