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A cube-shaped gift box has a volume of 5.12 cubic inches. What is the side length of the box?

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recall that a cube has all equal sides, check the picture below.



\bf \textit{volume of a cube}\\\\ V=x^3~~ \begin{cases} x=side's~length\\[-0.5em] \hrulefill\\ V=5.12 \end{cases}\implies 5.12=x^3 \\\\\\ \sqrt[3]{5.12}=x\implies 1.72354775\approx x

A cube-shaped gift box has a volume of 5.12 cubic inches. What is the side length-example-1
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