
A solution was offered by Andrew.
Andrew has tried to explain his reasoning and break the problem down. Well done!
There are 6 distinct winning lines, which cannot be obtained one from any other by rotation or reflection.
These are arranged as follows:
A) The edge of the cube.
B) The diagonal of the face of the cube
C) The middle line of a face of the cube, this means a line that
joins two points situated at the middle of two sides opposed to
each other, on one face of the cube.
D) The diagonal of the middle plane of the cube
E) The middle line of the middle plane
F) The main diagonal of the cube
Another problem of interest could be to count how many lines are of each type:
A) there are 12 edges of the cube
B) there are 6 faces, and 2 diagonals of each face, consequently 12
lines
C) there are 6 faces, two middle lines for each, 12 lines
D) there are three middle planes, 6 diagonal lines
E) there are three middle planes, 3 middle lines
F) there are 4 main diagonals
There are 49 winning lines.
Published February 2003.