A cube is painted red on all faces. It is then cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many L cubes are painted on only 2 faces?  Pick one.
A) 12  B) 8  C) 6  D) 10  E) 16
1) Draw a simple cube   2) Draw 9 squares on each face of the cube (so that it looks like a Rubik's Cube) - this is what the cube will look like when it's cut into 27 equal smaller cubes.   3) Remember that the OUTSIDE of the cube is the part that's painted....   The mini-cubes with 2 painted sides are ALL on the edge of the cube, in themiddleof the edge. There are 4 in front, 4 in back and 4 more on thestripthat runs around the left/top/right/bottom of the cube.L= 4 + 4 + 4= 
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A cube is painted red on all faces. It is then cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many L cubes are painted on only 2 faces?