Problem 2175. Slicing the cube

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andrea84 on 12 Feb 2014

Cody keeps telling me it's wrong but it seems right to me! Any suggestions?

andrea84 on 12 Feb 2014

ok (finally) i got it! thanks for your insight

ChrisR on 17 Dec 2020

I had the same problem as andrea84. It wasn't till I ran my code in MATLAB that I figured out the problem.

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J.R.! Menzinger on 12 Feb 2014

;-)

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