SOLUTION: A cube is sliced with one straight slice which passes through two opposite edges. The result is two solids, as shown. The area of the largest face on one of these two solids is 242

Question 1033463: A cube is sliced with one straight slice which passes through two opposite edges. The result is two solids, as shown. The area of the largest face on one of these two solids is 242 sqrt(2) square units. What was the exact surface area of the original cube?
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Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let side of cube be x

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