document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=185393>Question 185393</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> what will happen to the volume of a cube, if its edges are halved? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = length of an edge of the original cube<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume of original cube = x^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if the edge was halved:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of edge = x/2<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Volume of halved cube = (x/2)^3 = x^3/2^3 = x^3/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, the answer is \"the volume would be 1/8 th of the original volume\".<BR>\n" );
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