document.write( "Question 466166: hi, please help me with this word problem. The surface area of a cube is 864 square inches. Find the length of the lateral edge of the cube. thank youu \n" ); document.write( "
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The surface area of a cube is 864 square inches.
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\n" ); document.write( "The surface area of a cube = 6x^2
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\n" ); document.write( "6x^2 = 864
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = \"864%2F6\"
\n" ); document.write( "x^2 = 144
\n" ); document.write( "x = \"sqrt%28144%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "x = 12 inches
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