SOLUTION: what is the length of a cube if the volume is 80 feet cubed?

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Question 554451: what is the length of a cube if the volume is 80 feet cubed?
Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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a cube has all sides equal in length.
this makes the volume of the cube equal to s^3 where s represents the length of a side.
your equation is:
s^3 = 80
take the cube root of both sides of the equation to get:
root(3,s^3) = s = root(3,80) = 4.30886938