Question-19

aptitude

A cube is to be cut into 8 pieces of equal size and shape. Here, each cut should be straight and it should not stop till it reaches the other end of the cube. The minimum number of such cuts required is

Imagine the cube to be at the origin in 3D space with its faces parallel to the three playes XY, YZ and ZX. Then these three planes correspond to three cuts. What we have are eight pieces.