Cubic closest-packing
A)has a body-centered cubic unit cell.
B)has a face-centered cubic unit cell.
C)has a simple cubic unit cell.
D)has the same unit cell as hexagonal closest-packing.

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Cubic closest-packing has a face-centered cubic unit cell, which can be represented by stacking layers of spheres in an ABCABC pattern. This is different from the body-centered cubic and simple cubic unit cells, and it also has a different unit cell than hexagonal closest-packing, which has a hexagonal unit cell.

Cubic Closest-Packing