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find the approximate change in the volume of a rectangular solid caused by increasing each side by 5%

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volume of a rectangular solid is lwh
Increase of 5% make the volume to be 1.05l(1.05w)(1.05)h = 1.157625lwh
which is approximately an increase of 15.8% of the original volume.
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