SOLUTION: The surface area of a cube is 726in to the 2nd power. What is the length of each lateral edge of the cube?

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Question 140697: The surface area of a cube is 726in to the 2nd power. What is the length of each lateral edge of the cube?
Answer by scott8148(6628)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a cube has 6 square faces __ each face is 121in^2 (726/6)

the square root of 121 is 11, so each edge is 11in

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