CrackDatPat - Someone tell me how many cubes there are here

[CedarZ4]

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So I'm doing CrackDatPat, and I'm just so confused with the way they do their cube counting.

To my understanding, cubes that you don't see are not there unless they are required to support the structure.

What about cubes that could be there or could not be there and have it still look the same? I thought you just assumed that cube is not there.

Unless I'm missing something, can someone tell me if there is a cube where I circled? It would look like that whether or not there is a cube there or not, but it will change the answer, as you can see.

Couldn't it be the back-face of the cube, or the top-face of the cube in question?

Thanks!

 

[DarlingDDS]

I think if there were a cube in that spot it would only have two sides available for painting, right?

 

[HossIX949]

There is a cube there. Cubes cannot be cemented together only by their corners. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though 🙂

 

[aqz]

There is a cube there. Cubes cannot be cemented together only by their corners. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though 🙂

Correct.

 

[DarlingDDS]

I think if there were a cube in that spot it would only have two sides available for painting, right?

Misunderstood the question. I believe that it is assumed these structures are continuous with no gaps. If there were no cube, there would be a gap where sides are not touching. So, on the one hand, you assume no cube where it is not supporting a structure, but on the other hand there can't be any gaps - both need to be taken into consideration.

 

[tayloreve]

I posted a thread on this same structure 😀

There is apparently a cube there because cubes can't just touch diagonally...
yupppp I didn't know that either.

 

[Seahawk]

There is a cube there. Cubes cannot be cemented together only by their corners. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though 🙂

Thanks, I didn't know that/never thought about it, this question tripped me up.

 

[CedarZ4]

I posted a thread on this same structure 😀

There is apparently a cube there because cubes can't just touch diagonally...
yupppp I didn't know that either.

Great to know, thank you everyone.

Now is this cubes-have-to-be-connected-to-another-cube rule a CrackDatPat thing or is it like this for the actual DAT as well?

So it would be fair to assume if this were on the actual test there is a cube there then?