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Find the ratio of the surface area of the original cube to the sum of the surface areas of the new cube ?

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A cube whose edge measures 8 cm is cut into cubes whose edge measures 1 cm.
Find the ratio of the surface area of the original cube to the sum of the surface areas of the new cube ?

posted Dec 9, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Let a1=edge of whole cube=8cm
Then V1=(a1*a1*a1)=(8*8*8)512cm^3
a2=edge of cut cube=1cm
Then V2=(a2*a2*a2)=(1*1*1)=1cm^3
No of cubes=N=V1 /V2=512/1=512nos
A1=Surface area of whole cube
=(6*a1*a1)=(6*8*8)=384cm^2
A2=Total surface area of cut cubes
=N*(6*a2*a2)=512*(6*1*1)=3072
A1/A2=384/3072
=1:8
Ans is 1:8

answer Dec 9, 2015 by Jaikumar Bhatia



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