Problem #PRU-30432

Problems Geometry Solid geometry Parallelepipeds Special cases of parallelepipeds Cube Skeletons of multifaceted figures

Problem

a) A piece of wire that is 120 cm long is given. Is it possible, without breaking the wire, to make a cube frame with sides of 10 cm?

b) What is the smallest number of times it will be necessary to break the wire in order to still produce the required frame?