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2005 AIME I Problem 9

Twenty-seven unit cubes are painted orange on a set of four faces so that the two unpainted faces share an edge. The 27 cubes are then randomly arranged to form a 3\times 3 \times 3 cube. Given that the probability that the entire surface of the larger cube is orange is \frac{p^a}{q^br^c}, where p,q, and r are distinct primes and a,b, and c are positive integers, find a+b+c+p+q+r.

Leading zeroes must be inputted, so if your answer is 34, then input 034


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