Painted Cube Puzzle - Quant Trader Interview Question
Difficulty: Medium
Category: Brainteasers
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Topics: geometry, spatial-reasoning, logic, mental-math
Problem Description
A solid cube with dimensions 3x3x3 is painted red on all six faces. The cube is then cut into 27 smaller 1x1x1 cubes. How many of these smaller cubes have exactly two faces painted red?
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