SOLUTION: a cube that measures 5cm on a side holds a smaller cube inside it that measures 4cm on a side. What is the volume of emply space inside the larger cube?
Algebra.Com
Question 842300: a cube that measures 5cm on a side holds a smaller cube inside it that measures 4cm on a side. What is the volume of emply space inside the larger cube?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Volume of larger cube: V = s^3 = 5^3 = 125 cubic cm
Volume of smaller cube: V = s^3 = 4^3 = 64 cubic cm
Difference in volumes: (larger volume) - (smaller volume) = 125 - 64 = 61
So the volume of the empty space is 61 cubic centimeters
RELATED QUESTIONS
A cube measures 5cm on each side. How long is the diagonal that connects two opposite... (answered by rfer)
a cube measures 5cm on each side. how long is the diagonal that connects 2 opposite... (answered by CharlesG2)
What is the volume of a small cube that measures 1/4 inch on each... (answered by sheldonbbtrocks)
What is the surface area of a cube that measures 10 inches on each... (answered by grishma.kshatriya)
What is the surface area of a cube that measures 11 inches on each... (answered by grishma.kshatriya)
A box shaped like a cube it arrived in the mail it measures 15 inches on each side what... (answered by Alan3354)
find the polymomial that represents the volume of a cube is each side measures... (answered by Fombitz)
What is the volume of a cube that measures 3.5 inches on each... (answered by richwmiller)
what is the volume of a cube that measures 5inches on each edge
(answered by stanbon,ewatrrr)