Is it correct to say that a cube with side lengths 6cm have the same volume and surface area?

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12 April, 19:45

Is it correct to say that a cube with side lengths 6cm have the same volume and surface area?

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Lucian Rowe · Answer 1

Yes it is correct. The surface area requires that you take the area of all the lateral faces, of which there are 6, and add them all together, giving you 216. The volume then requires that you take the length times the width times the height which is also 216. So odd, but yes, they are the same.