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Jaylin has a wooden cube which is painted blue on the outside. She cuts the cube into  1000 identical cubes, some of which have some sides painted blue, then rolls the resulting cubes like dice. The probability that no blue faces land up after Jaylin rolls the  1000 cubes can be expressed as  2^a * 3^b * 5^c where a,b and  c are integers. What is the value of a+b+c?

 Jul 30, 2022

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Wait... I made an error... 

 

The probability is (5394×296)×2392×3470=5384×2296×3470=382

 Jul 31, 2022
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Each side of the cube is 31000=10.

 

There are 512 cubes inside that have no faces painted, so the probability is 1512=1

 

There are 8 corners, each with a probability of 36=12=21, so the probability is 128=128

 

There are 8×12=96 edge pieces (there are 12 edges in a cube, each edge has 8), and each cube has a probability of 46=23, so the probability is 2396=296396

 

There are 8×8×6=384 center cubes, each with a probability of 56, so the probability is 56384=53846384=53842384×3384

 

So, the probability is 128×296396×53842384×3384=5384×2962392×3470=(5384×296)×2392×3470=5384×2296×3470

 

Thus, a+b+c=558

 Jul 30, 2022
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Wait... I made an error... 

 

The probability is (5394×296)×2392×3470=5384×2296×3470=382

BuilderBoi  Jul 31, 2022
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sorry, it is incorrect, im not sure why tho

Guest Jul 31, 2022
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I'm with  BuilderBoi apart from one small slip.

3^96 * 3^384 = 3^480, not 3^470.

That gets  the result  a + b + c = -392.

Guest Aug 2, 2022
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Since probabilities must be less than 1, I've interpreted the question as follows:

 

 Aug 2, 2022

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