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The surface area of a cube is 302.46 m2. The length of each side of the cube = ______ m. A. 6.7 B. 7.1 C. 50.4 D. not enough information given to solve

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Answer:

B. 7.1

Explanation:

User PeaceFrog
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Answer:

B. 7.1 m

Explanation:

The surface area of a cube is given by ...

SA = 6s^2

where s represents the side length.

Filling in the given information and solving for s, we have ...

302.46 = 6s^2

s = √(302.46/6) = 7.1 . . . . meters

The length of each side is 7.1 meters.

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