QUESTION

CSAT

Easy

Reasoning

Prelims 2019

Each face of a cube can be painted in black or white colours. In how many different ways can the cube be painted?

Select an option to attempt

Explanation

Total colorings without considering rotations: Each face of the cube can be either black or white, so there are 26=642^6 = 64 possible colorings if we don't consider rotations.

Accounting for rotations: A cube has 24 different rotations, so many of the 64 colorings are identical when rotated.

Distinct colorings: After accounting for all rotations, the number of distinct colorings is 10.

So, the correct answer is B. 10.

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