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Three Metallic Cubes Whose Edges Are 3 Cm, 4 Cm and 5 Cm, Are Melted and Recast into a Single Large Cube. Find the Edge of the New Cube Formed. - Mathematics

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Three metallic cubes whose edges are 3 cm, 4 cm and 5 cm, are melted and recast into a single large cube. Find the edge of the new cube formed.

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Solution

We have,

Edges of the new cubes `= a_1^3 + a_2^3 + a_3^3`

⇒ a3 = a3 + 43 + 53

⇒ a3 = 27 + 64 + 125

⇒ a3 = 216

`⇒ a^3 = root(3)(216)`

∴ a = 6 cm

So, the edge of the new cube so formed is 6 cm.

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Chapter 19: Volume and Surface Area of Solids - Exercise [Page 915]

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R.S. Aggarwal Mathematics [English] Class 10
Chapter 19 Volume and Surface Area of Solids
Exercise | Q 26 | Page 915

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