Question

Challenge The Travers are adding a new room to their house. The room will be a cube with volume 8,000 ft. They are going to put in hardwood floors, and the contractor charges $5 per square foot. How much will the hardwood floors cost? The hardwood floors will cost $​

Answer 1

$2000

Explanation:

Take the cube root of 8000 (the volume) to get the side length which is 20 feet.

So it's a square room 20 by 20, or 400 square feet.

400sq ft times $5 per sq ft = $2000