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Advanced MathVery hardVolume of a box from its surface area and a height rule

Advanced Math practice question

A closed box has a square base of side s and a height of 2s. Its total surface area is 90 square units. What is the volume of the box, in cubic units?

Answer: 54

Surface area = 2s² + 4(s)(2s) = 10s² = 90, so s = 3 and the height is 6. Volume = 3 × 3 × 6 = 54.

Common wrong answers

If you answered 18
18 is s × 2s, the area of a side face.
If you answered 27
27 is s³, using the wrong height.
If you answered 108
108 doubles the volume.

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