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Geometry Difficulty 1.8 Junior Find the answer

Jamie counted the number of edges of a cube, Jimmy counted the numbers of corners, and Judy counted the number of faces. They then added the three numbers. What was the resulting sum?

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Solution

On a cube, there are 1212 edges, 88 corners, and 66 faces. Adding them up gets 12+8+6=(E) 2612+8+6= \boxed{\mathrm{(E)}\ 26}.

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