SOLUTION: the sruface area of a cube is 536 square inches. How long is ech edge? (Round to two decimal places.)

Question 250645: the sruface area of a cube is 536 square inches. How long is ech edge? (Round to two decimal places.)
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The surface area of a cube is given by:

Where

is the measure of one of the edges. So:

Solve for a numerical approximation of

. Note the instruction to express your answer to an inappropriately precise 2 decimal places. You need to follow the instruction despite the fact that the proper representation of the measure of a side of this cube is to the nearest whole inch because the surface area was given to the nearest whole square inch. No result of a calculation involving measurements should be expressed with greater precision than the least precise of the input measurements.

John

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