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The cube has a volume of 27 in3.

Find the volume of a scaled image with a scale factor of 2.

? in3

Cube with a side length of three inches

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User MickaelHrndz
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Actual cube has sides ∛27 = 3 inches.

When you scaled it with a factorof two, each side will become 3 x 2 = 6 inches.

The volume of the new cube is (6 in)^3 = 216 in^3

Realize that you could calculate it by raising the scale factor to the third power.

2^3 = 8

27 x 8 = 216
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