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A net for a cube has a total surface area of 150 in.2. What is the length of one side of a square face?

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Answer:

5 in

Explanation:

A cube has 6 congruent square faces, so each has an area of ...

(150 in^2)/6 = 25 in^2

The area of each square face is the square of the side length, so ...

side length = √(25 in^2) = 5 in

The length of one side of a square face is 5 inches.

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