SOLUTION: A quart bottle has all dimensions doubled. Determine volume of new bottle. Volume has 3 dimensions. Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.

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Question 1143258: A quart bottle has all dimensions doubled. Determine volume of new bottle.

Volume has 3 dimensions.
Not sure how to solve. Non-homework.

Answer by greenestamps(13198) About Me  (Show Source):
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Basically, because volume is in 3 dimensions, the length, width, and height all get doubled; the result is that the original volume gets multiplied by 2 3 times.

New volume = old volume * (2*2*2) = 8 * old volume

The old volume was 1 quart; the new volume is 8 quarts.