Gozilla's cubes

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?


The answer is 10.

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1 solution

Philip Lamkin
Jun 30, 2016

Consider by cases:

Case 1 \textbf{Case 1} : 6 white faces

Clearly there is only one cube. 1 possibility.

Case 2 \textbf{Case 2} : 5 white faces, 1 black face

Every cube of this form is identical, since it can be rotated. 1 possibility.

Case 3 \textbf{Case 3} : 4 white faces, 2 black faces

Either the two black faces are touching, or they're opposite. 2 possibilities

Case 4 \textbf{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 = 10 (1+1+2)*2+2 = \boxed{10} different possible paintings.

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