document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=198748>Question 198748</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the side of a cube is 12 centiments. Find the surface-area-to-volume ratio, </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't know what a 'centiment' is.  I know what a centimeter is, perhaps that is what you meant.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The surface area of a cube is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ A_c(s) = 6s^2\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "because there are six faces each having an area equal to the length of the side squared.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The volume of a rectangular solid is the length times the width times the height, but for a cube the length, width, and height are all equal so the volume of a cube is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ V_c(s) = s^3\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The ratio of the surface area to the volume is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \frac{A_c(s)}{V_c(s)}=\frac{6s^2}{s^3}=\frac{6}{s}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Just divide 6 by the length of the side.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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