A mad engineer builds a cube, 2.5 m on a side, in which 6.2 cm-diameter rubber balls

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A mad engineer builds a cube, 2.5 m on a side, in which 6.2 cm-diameter rubber balls are constantly sent flying in random directions by vibrating walls. He will award a prize to anyone who can figure out how many balls are in the cube without entering it or taking out any of the balls. You decide to shoot 6.2-cm-diameter plastic balls into the cube, through a small hole, to see how far they get before colliding with a rubber ball. After many shots, you find they travel an average distance of 1.8 m. How many rubber balls do you think are in the cube?

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