SOLUTION: The surface area of a cube is 124 square cm. What is the volume of the cube, accurate to two decimal places?

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Question 947306: The surface area of a cube is 124 square cm. What is the volume of the cube, accurate to two decimal places?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The surface area of a cube is 124 square cm. What is the volume of the cube, accurate to two decimal places?
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Let each edge be "x".
Each face has area = x^2
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There are 6 faces.
Equation:
6x^2 = 124
x^2 = 21
x = sqrt(21)
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Volume = x^3 = 21sqrt(21) cubic units
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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