SOLUTION: The ratio of the sides of two cubes is 2:3 and the difference of their volumes is 152.What is the length of the side of the bigger cube?
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Question 640760: The ratio of the sides of two cubes is 2:3 and the difference of their volumes is 152.What is the length of the side of the bigger cube? Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The ratio of the sides of two cubes is 2:3 and the difference of their volumes is 152.What is the length of the side of the bigger cube?
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The ratio of the volumes is 8:27, the cube of the side length.
8V + 152 = 27V
V = 8
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Sides are 2*2 = 4
and 2*3 = 6