Question

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Bonnie makes the frame of a cube out of 12 pieces of wire that are each six inches long. Meanwhile Roark uses 1-inch-long pieces of wire to make a collection of unit cube frames that are not connected to each other. The total volume of Roark's cubes is the same as the volume of Bonnie's cube. What is the ratio of the total length of Bonnie's wire to the total length of Roark's wire? Express your answer as a common fraction.

Answer 1

1/36

Explanation:

Bonnie uses 12×6" = 72" of wire to make her cube.

Roark uses 12×1" = 12" of wire to make each of his cubes. He must make 6³ = 216 cubes to match the volume of Bonnie's cube.

The ratio of wire lengths is then ...

72/(12×216) = 6/6³ = 1/6² = 1/36