Rubik's Cube Research Paper

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It seems like, everywhere we turn there is another problem just waiting to take us down. We see all sorts of problems in our society, and lots of them may take years and years to solve. But what is really cool, is that all problems are possible to solve, but there is one thing you must have when solving a problem. There are many problems in society, but a major one, is the Rubik’s Cube. Yep, that colorful puzzle that seemingly no one can figure out. That brings me to the first step; identifying the problem. The Rubik’s cube, the easily messed up colorful puzzle, that is not-so-easily put back together. The Rubik’s Cube was very popular in the 80’s, when the puzzle started appearing in stores across America. But there are some things about the Rubik’s Cube that you may not know. …show more content…

The cube may be harder than you think. It has 43 quintillion different possible positions, while only one of those positions is the solved cube. 43 quintillion may sound big, but really how big is it? Well that’s over a million, over a billion, even over a trillion possibilities. Say you have a piece of paper in a stack for each position of the cube. You split the 43 quintillion pieces into 728 different stacks, and each stack spans the distance of Earth to Pluto. Out of all of those stacks of paper, only one of those sheets is the solved position you are looking

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