Hidden faces
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Hidden faces Introduction I am investigating the number of hidden faces for different rows of cubes. When the cubes are placed on a table, you cannot touch them or move them however you may move the table around. Examples When a cube is placed on a table only 5 of the faces can be seen. So 1 face is hidden. Figure 1 on the dotted paper shows this. When five cubes are placed on a table only 17 faces can be seen. So 13 faces are hidden. Figure 2 on the dotted paper shows this. Part 1 I will tackle this problem by investigating different numbers of cubes. These cubes that I'll be using are 1 cube, 2 cubes, 3 cubes, 4 cubes and 5 cubes. These cubes are shown on the dotted paper. This method is sensible because using the number of cubes I'd be using could lead to finding a formula easily. Number of cubes Number of faces seen Number...

