"The Colored Cube Problem": We are given four cubes, the faces of which are colored with one of four colors. Since there are six faces, each cube would have more than one face colored with the same color. The coloring of the cubes is different so two cubes are not necessarily colored the same way. The problem is to stack the cubes vertically in such a way that we have a rectangular prism and each of the rectangles on a side of the prism has all four colors appearing in it, not necessarily in the same order. Structure the problem mathematically and analyze the possible solutions, if any.

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2. "The Colored Cube Problem": We are given four cubes, the faces of which are
colored with one of four colors. Since there are six faces, each cube would have more
than one face colored with the same color. The coloring of the cubes is different so
two cubes are not necessarily colored the same way. The problem is to stack the cubes
vertically in such a way that we have a rectangular prism and each of the rectangles
on a side of the prism has all four colors appearing in it, not necessarily in the same
order. Structure the problem mathematically and analyze the possible solutions, if
any.
Transcribed Image Text:2. "The Colored Cube Problem": We are given four cubes, the faces of which are colored with one of four colors. Since there are six faces, each cube would have more than one face colored with the same color. The coloring of the cubes is different so two cubes are not necessarily colored the same way. The problem is to stack the cubes vertically in such a way that we have a rectangular prism and each of the rectangles on a side of the prism has all four colors appearing in it, not necessarily in the same order. Structure the problem mathematically and analyze the possible solutions, if any.
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