Problema Solution
A cube has one face that is equal to the total surface area of another cube. Find the ration of their volumes.
Answer provided by our tutors
Let 'A' represent the area of the smaller cube then the area of the larger cube is 6A.
The ratio of the areas of the two cubes is:
6A : A = 6:1
If the side of the cube is x, then the area is proportional to x² (the area of the cuber is 6x^2), and the volume is proportional to x³.
Also we can say that the volume is proportional to the area to the (3/2) power since x^2 to (3/2) power is x^3.
Now the ratio of the two volumes would be: 6^(3/2) : 1^(3/2) = 6^(3/2) : 1 = 6√6 : 1.