44.Painting a 10x10x10 Cube
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A 10x10x10 cube is painted on all six outer surfaces and then cut into 1000 unit cubes. How many of those unit cubes have paint on at least one face?
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Count the ones with no paint instead — they form a solid block strictly inside the surface.
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