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Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Glue three cubes together to make a cuboid of dimensions $3$ by $1$ by $1$. Label $4$ points on the cuboid with coordinates $A = (0,0,0)$, $B=(1,1,1)$, $C=(2,1,0)$ and $D=(3,1,0)$. Now the challenge is to find at least two different ways to calculate the angles $\angle ABC$ and $\angle ABD$.
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