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document.write( "If the surface area of a cube is increased by a factor of 64, what is the change in the length if the sides of the cube? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "what is the change in the length if the sides of the cube?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let 6x^2 = surface area of original cube<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let 6y^2 = surface area of larger cube<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "6y^2 = 64(6x^2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "divide both sides by 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y^2 = 64x^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find the square root of both sides<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y = 8x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say the new cube side is 8 times the original cube side\r<BR>\n" );
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