Direction: Four colours namely Blue, Green Red and White are used to paint a cube such that each face is painted in exactly one colour and each colour is painted on at least one face. The cube is now cut into 120 identical pieces by making least number of cuts.
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What is the maximum number of cuboids with only two face painted one face is painted red and other green?
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- 18
- 16
- 14
- None of these
Correct Option: B
For least number of cuts 120 = 4 x 5 x 6 i.e number of cuts must be 3, 4 and 5 in three planes in this case number of cubes on a face is either 6 x 5 = 30 or 6 x 4 = 24 or 4 x 5 = 20 cubes . And number of cuboids on an edge is 4 or 5 or 6
In this case we have to use red and green twice and same colour should be on opposite faces then required cube is given by 4 edges (but not corner), maximum number of cubes one edge is 6 - 2 = 4 so required number of cubes is 4 x 4 = 16
