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I need help on #9. The help would be grateful appreciated.-example-1
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Original Figure:
Length = 15
Width = 5
Height = 10
Volume = Length*Width*Height
Volume = 15*5*10
Volume = 750

New Figure
Length = 3
Width = 1
Height = 2
Each dimension has been divided by 5 (eg: 15/5 = 3)
Volume = Length*Width*Height
Volume = 3*1*2
Volume = 6

The old volume was 750 and it changes to 6
Notice how 750/6 = 125
Which can be rearranged to 750/125 = 6

Answer: if you divide the old volume by 125, then you get the new volume

Note: the new volume is 125 times smaller than the old volume
Put another way, the old volume is 125 times larger compared to the new volume

The fact that 125 = 5^3 is not a coincidence. If you divide each dimension by some number k, then you divide the volume by k^3

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