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by Scott@TargetTestPrep » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:44 am
VJesus12 wrote:If the volume of a cube with side of length 6 is equal to the volume of a rectangular solid with length 12 and width 9, then the height of the rectangular solid is

(A) 2
(B) 4
(C) 6
(D) 8
(E) 9
The volume of the cube with a side length of 6 is 6 x 6 x 6.

If we let the height of the rectangular solid = h, then we have:

6 x 6 x 6 = 12 x 9 x h

216 = 108h

2 = h

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by swerve » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:53 am
The volume of the cube with a side length of 6 is 6 x 6 x 6.

If we let the height of the rectangular solid = h, then we have:

6 x 6 x 6 = 12 x 9 x h

216 = 108h

2 = h. Option A.

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