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涂色 5×5×5 立方体:随机小块掷出红面朝上的概率

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专题
Probability / 概率
难度
L4

题目详情

把一个 5×5×5 的大立方体外表面全部涂成红色,然后切成 125 个 1×1×1 小立方体。

随机均匀选取一个小立方体并滚动(各朝向等可能)。问:它出现“红色面朝上”的概率是多少?

Bob paints the outer faces of a (5×5×5)(5 \times 5 \times 5) cube red and then cuts this cube up into 125125 (1×1×1)(1 \times 1 \times 1) cubes. You choose one cube uniformly at random and roll it. Find the probability that this cube shows a red face up.

解析

等价于在所有小立方体的所有面中,随机选取一个面看它是否为红。

  • 总涂色面数:大立方体外表面面积为 652=1506\cdot 5^2=150
  • 小立方体总面数:1256=750125\cdot 6=750

因此概率为

150750=15.\frac{150}{750}=\frac{1}{5}.

Original Explanation

Let's solve the generic case for a (n×n×n)(n \times n \times n) cube. In particular, there are 6n26n^2 painted sides, as each side has n2n^2 faces painted. There are 6n36n^3 total faces in the cube, as each of the n3n^3 cubes has 66 faces. Therefore, the probability that we obtained a painted side when we roll the selected (1×1×1)(1 \times 1 \times 1) cube is 6n26n3=1n\frac{6n^2}{6n^3} = \frac{1}{n}. In this case, n=5n = 5, so our answer is 15\frac{1}{5}.