Question 18
Vivian has 8 identical cubes. She wants to combine them to get a cuboid with surface area denoted as S. If the minimum value of S is 576 cm², find the greatest value of S.
Editorial packing convention: all eight cubes are used, aligned face to face without gaps or overlaps to make one solid cuboid.
Editorial packing convention: all eight cubes are used, aligned face to face without gaps or overlaps to make one solid cuboid.