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An illustration shows a Rubik’s cube made up of three by three smaller cubes on each side.

Given that each square is 1 inch, find the surface area of this puzzle game.

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18 in.2
18 in. squared

9 in.2
9 in. squared

54 in.2
54 in. squared

54 cm2

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To find the surface area of the Rubik's cube, we need to calculate the area of each face and then sum them up.

Since there are 6 faces on a Rubik's cube, and each face is made up of 9 smaller cubes (3 by 3), the surface area of one face would be 9 square inches.

Therefore, the total surface area of the Rubik's cube would be 6 times the surface area of one face, which equals 6 * 9 = <<6*9=54>>54 square inches.

Thus, the correct answer is 54 in.2 or 54 in. squared.