Harriet needs to ship a small vase. The box she will use has a volume of 216 cubic inches. If the side lengths are all the same, what is the length of each side of the box?
I got 6 inches. Im not sure how i even got this answer...is it right?
You're right. The cube root of 216 = 6
wow, 8th grader you need to calm down, she's helping people. and i think you meant holy moly not holly molly 😂
To find the length of each side of the box, we need to calculate the cube root of the volume. The volume formula for a cube is V = s^3, where V is the volume and s is the length of each side.
So, in this case, we have V = 216 cubic inches.
To find the length of each side, we need to solve for s. Taking the cube root of both sides of the equation, we have:
s = ∛216
To calculate this, we can use a calculator or manually check the perfect cubes to find the cube root. In this case, the cube root of 216 is 6. Therefore, each side of the box is 6 inches.
So, your answer of 6 inches is correct!