SOLUTION: The box has a volume of 12 cubic feet. If all three dimensions were doubled, how would that affect the volume of the new box relative to the orginal box? (would the volume be doubl

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Question 538994: The box has a volume of 12 cubic feet. If all three dimensions were doubled, how would that affect the volume of the new box relative to the orginal box? (would the volume be double, tripled...?)
a=3 feet b=2feet c=2feet.

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The box has a volume of 12 cubic feet.
If all three dimensions were doubled, how would that affect the volume of the new box relative to the original box?
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that would be 2^3, it increase the volume by a factor of 8
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2*2*3 = 12 cu ft
4*4*6 = 96 cu ft