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John built and drew a structure that has a volume of s cubic centimeters. His little brother tells him he made a mistake because he only drew 4 cubes. Help John explain to his brother why his drawing is accurate.

John built and drew a structure that has a volume of s cubic centimeters. His little-example-1
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The cube on top of the other 4 will not be able to stand without a base.
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it is accurate because he cannot see the 5th cube, it is under the top cube and covered by the rest
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