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Question

An outdoor art display is a metal cube with edge length 66 feet. What is the volume of the cube in cubic feet ? In cubic yards?

Answer 1

Hi Faith,

 

The volume of a cube is the cube of the length of a side.

 

V = s³

 

The side is 66 feet

 

V = 66³ = 287496 cubic feet

 

Since there are 3 feet in a yard, there are 3³ or 27 cubic feet in a cubic yard

 

287496 / 27 = 10648 cubic yards