A cube of side 10 cm is coloured red with a 2 cm wide green strip along all the sides on all the faces. The cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal sizes. How many cubes have atleast one face coloured?

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  1. 89
  2. 76
  3. 98
  4. 102

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Option 3 : 98
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The formula of the number of cubes with no painting = (n-2)3

Where n is the number of faces.

The cube is cut into 125 smaller cubes of equal size = 5 × 5 × 5

So, n = 5.

The formula of the number of cubes with no painting = (5-2)3

The formula of the number of cubes with no painting = 27

The formula of cubes have at least one face coloured = (125 -  the number of cubes with no painting)

The formula of cubes have at least one face coloured = 125 - 27

The formula of cubes have at least one face coloured = 98

Hence, "option 3" is the correct answer.

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