Box-shaped prisms inside a 5 by 5 by 5 cube
Question
A transparent cube is divided into a grid of unit cubes. How many rectangular boxes, with edges along the grid lines, can be found inside it? Boxes in different positions count separately (so a cube contains eight cubes).
Short answer
. A box is fixed by choosing two of the grid planes in each of the three directions, giving .
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