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This box is a hexagonal prism and it contains cubes.

How many cubes can you fit into a hexagonal prism?

How does it depend on the relative sizes?

 

If cubes are just dropped into the box higgledy-piggledy, and the box is shaken, how many fewer get in on average?

 

 

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