1739. Building Boxes
https://leetcode.com/problems/building-boxes
Description
You have a cubic storeroom where the width, length, and height of the room are all equal to n
units. You are asked to place n
boxes in this room where each box is a cube of unit side length. There are however some rules to placing the boxes:
You can place the boxes anywhere on the floor.
If box
x
is placed on top of the boxy
, then each side of the four vertical sides of the boxy
must either be adjacent to another box or to a wall.
Given an integer n
, return the minimum possible number of boxes touching the floor.
Example 1:

**Input:** n = 3
**Output:** 3
**Explanation:** The figure above is for the placement of the three boxes.
These boxes are placed in the corner of the room, where the corner is on the left side.
Example 2:

**Input:** n = 4
**Output:** 3
**Explanation:** The figure above is for the placement of the four boxes.
These boxes are placed in the corner of the room, where the corner is on the left side.
Example 3:

**Input:** n = 10
**Output:** 6
**Explanation:** The figure above is for the placement of the ten boxes.
These boxes are placed in the corner of the room, where the corner is on the back side.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 109
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