SOLUTION: By what percent does the volume of a cube increase when the length of each of its sides is tripled?
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Question 222419: By what percent does the volume of a cube increase when the length of each of its sides is tripled?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the volume of a cube side of length s. Then its volume is:
Now we substitute the s with 3*s and calculate the new volume.
Now substitute
and you can see that the volume has increased 27-fold.
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