SOLUTION: The volume of a cube is 8, what is the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube?

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Question 388917: The volume of a cube is 8, what is the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube?
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Hi,         



Note: volume of a cube = s^3 where s is the length of its length, width and height.

 s^3  = 8

   s = 2

the shortest distance from the center of the cube to the base of the cube?

staight line distance... the shortest distance = 1