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The ratio of the volume of two cubes is 125 to 64. What is the ratio of their surface area?

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The ratio of the volumes of two cubes is the cube of the ratio of their sides. From the given ratio of volumes, 125/64, the ratio of the sides of these two cubes is 5/4. Additionally, the ratio of their surface areas is the square of the ratio of their sides.

Thus, the ratio of their surface areas is 25/16.

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