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The areas of the sides of a rectangular box are 14 in.² squared 16 in.² and 56 in.² What is the volume of the box?

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Answer:

112 in³

Explanation:

We assume the side areas are of just one of the two sides with equal area.

Consider the areas to be a, b, c in terms of box dimensions x, y, z:

a = xy; b = yz; c = xz

Then the product of the areas is ...

abc = (xy)(yz)(xz) = x²y²z²

and the volume of the box is ...

V = xyz = √(x²y²z²) = √(abc)

V = √((14 in²)(16 in²)(56 in²)) = √(12544 in⁶)

V = 112 in³

The volume of the box is 112 cubic inches.

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