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Discussion in 'Other Off Topic Forum' started by NRGMotorsportsInc, Dec 13, 2005.

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  1. ylshih

    ylshih Shogun Assassin Honorary Owner

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    That's the number of different ways to color the faces with 3 colors if each face is "unique", i.e. 3^6 = 729. However, since each face is not unique, there are ways to rotate the cube so many of the colorings will match each other.

    The actual answer is 57.
     
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    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ Consultant Owner

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    I was going to say "Carbon farted."
     

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