document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=899331>Question 899331</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> My question is:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Concrete contracts as it dries. If the volume of a cube-shaped concrete block is 29 cm^3 less and each edge is 0.10 cm less after drying, what is the original length of an edge of the block?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried making an equation to solve and it ended up looking like this: 'Let the side of the cube before it contracts = s'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28s%2B0.10%29%5E3=s%5E3%2B29+cm%5E3+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28s%2B0.10%29%5E3=s%5E3%2B29+cm%5E3+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But, as you can probably tell this got me nowhere fast.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for your help! </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Concrete contracts as it dries. If the volume of a cube-shaped concrete block is 29 cm^3 less and each edge is 0.10 cm less after drying, what is the original length of an edge of the block?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have tried making an equation to solve and it ended up looking like this: 'Let the side of the cube before it contracts = s'<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28s%2B0.10%29%5E3=s%5E3%2B29+cm%5E3+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28s%2B0.10%29%5E3=s%5E3%2B29+cm%5E3+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But, as you can probably tell this got me nowhere fast.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Thank you for your help!<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the length of each edge, before drying, be S<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=S%5E3+-+29+=+%28S+-+.1%29%5E3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"S%5E3+-+29+=+%28S+-+.1%29%5E3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Subsequently, before drying, each edge has a value of: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28S+=+9.8819%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28S+=+9.8819%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > cm </SPAN>\n" );
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