SOLUTION: The total surface area of a cube is 78 square inches. Which of the following measures is closest to the length of its edge?

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Question 1025562: The total surface area of a cube is 78 square inches. Which of the following measures is closest to the length of its edge?
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Which of what following measures?
There are no following measures.
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A cube has six faces, each one a square.
Each face would be a square with area (78 sq in/6=) 13 sq in.
The side of a square is the square root of it's area.
Each edge would be approximately sqrt%2813sqin%29=3.6in
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