If the ratio of the sides of a cube is 2:5 what is the ratio of the surface. Would it not be 6:6?

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If  the ratio of the sides of a cube is 2:5 what is the ratio of the surface. Would it not be 6:6?

anonymous · Answer

no

anonymous · Answer

square and get 4:25

anonymous · Answer

if you want to check, just imagine one square has side 2 and the other side 5.  then compute the surface area of each, and take the ratio

anonymous · Answer

I guess where I was thrown off is with the term cube-6 sides.

anonymous · Answer

Wait.  How are the ratio of the sides of a cube 2:5?  They should be exactly the same. :/

anonymous · Answer

side is a length.  length is a one dimensional thing.  like feet or meters or miles
area is a two dimensional thing, like square feet or square meters or square miles

anonymous · Answer

Sorry it is two seperate cubes.

anonymous · Answer

that is why you square the ratio

anonymous · Answer

Oh!

anonymous · Answer

??

anonymous · Answer

ratio of one cube to the other is 2:5

anonymous · Answer

the question was then what would the surface ratio be ?

anonymous · Answer

yes that is what i answered at step one up top

anonymous · Answer

not "ratio of one cube to another" but "ratio of sides is "

anonymous · Answer

Yes, sorry