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  • 14-04-2019
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The surface area of a cube is 54 square feet what is the length, in feet, of one edge of the cube

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  • 14-04-2019

Answer:

3 feet

Step-by-step explanation:

A cube has 6 square congruent faces, thus

area of 1 face = [tex]\frac{54}{6}[/tex] = 9 ft²

The area of a square = s² ← s is the length of a side, hence

s² = 9 ( take the square root of both sides )

s = [tex]\sqrt{9}[/tex] = 3

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