SOLUTION: so you have a cube that is x by x by x you slice a one inch slice off it and the remaining volume is 294 what is x

Question 114794: so you have a cube that is x by x by x you slice a one inch slice off it and the remaining volume is 294 what is x
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Since you sliced off one inch that measurement is now (x-1).
The other two faces stays at x.
The volume then equals,

You can factor that equation.

The roots for

are complex, so that leaves

Check your answer
V =7*7*6=294
Good answer.
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