SOLUTION: The shaded face of the cuboid is a square and has an area of 50cm^2. What is the volume of the cuboid?

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Question 354521: The shaded face of the cuboid is a square and has an area of 50cm^2. What is the volume of the cuboid?
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Apparently "cuboid" is what we call "cube" in the USA.



If the front face is a square, and has area 50cm^2, then

A+=+s%5E2

s%5E2+=+A

s%5E2+=+50

Therefore,

s=sqrt%2850%29=7.071067812

Then the volume of the cube is

V+=+s%5E3

V+=+7.071067812%5E3

V+=+353.5533906cm%5E3

Edwin