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a small cube has edges that are half as longas those of a large cube. if the volume of the large cube is 8,000 cubic inches, what is the volume of thesmall cube

 Dec 9, 2015
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Let E be the edge length of the larger cube

 

And the volume = E^3   ...so....

 

E^3 = 8000  take the cube root of both sides

 

E  = 20 in

 

An the smaller cube will have an edge of 10 in and a volume of  (10 in)^3   = 1000 in^3

 

 

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 Dec 9, 2015

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