document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=391467>Question 391467</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am taking the IL basic skills math test this Sat. morning so I need this answer solved before then if possible. I have the correct answer for it (on a practice test) but no explanation as to how it was reached. I'm trying to use the formulas and it doesn't make sense to me. So here it goes:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "There's a photo of a cube above the Word problem.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A metal worker is building a wire frame (represented by the dotted and solid lines in the diagram above) for a cubic box that is to have a volume of 27 cubic feet. What is the total length of wire the metal worker will need.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So are they asking for the surface area? I know the formula for surface area is 6s2 and the formula for volume is s3. The correct answer is 36 feet but when I work out the problem I'm not getting that answer. Please help! Thank you.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "No.  What they want is the sum of the lengths of all of the edges of the cube.  If you count them, there are 4 edges on top, 4 edges on the bottom, and 4 vertical edges, for a total of 12 edges.  If the volume of the cube is 27 cubic feet, then one edge of the cube must measure the cube root of 27, namely 3 feet.  If there are 3 feet in each of 12 edges, that gets you to your answer of 36 feet.\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" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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