if all the gold that has been produced in the last 500 years could be melted to a single cube, each side would measure about 16 m. How many cubic meters of gold is this?
note: If you know the answer can you please explain to me how you got it. Thank you.
2007-10-02 09:40:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
you have a cube that measures 16 meters on a side
The volume is width x length x height; with a cube, all sides are the same length so the volume is
16 x 16 x 16 = 16^3
2007-10-02 09:44:13 · answer #1 · answered by GTB 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Volume of a cube is the length of one side cubed (to the third power).
So....length of one side = 16 meters.
16^3 = 16 * 16 * 16 = 4096 cubic meters
2007-10-02 09:50:02 · answer #2 · answered by Toledo Engineer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well...
volume= width x length x depth
so as its a cube, its 16 x 16 x 16...
you can figure it out from there...
oooor another way, because a cube is just a cylinder, work out surface area of a cross section x length.... which is basically the same thing as above...
2007-10-02 09:46:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
4096 cubic meters. It is simple , draw a cube , write in each side 16 m , then the volume of a cube is side*side*side (16m x 16m x 16m) that is 4,096 m^3
2007-10-02 09:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by mimi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the answer is 16x16x16=4096
2007-10-02 09:58:31 · answer #5 · answered by foreverstud 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋