Question

can the volume and surface area of a cube be equivalent? if yes, explain.

Answer 1

They are measured in different units.

Answer 2

same even in different units is what she means....

Answer 3

surface area is measured in m^2
volume is measured in m^3

because the exponents are different, the units are fundamentally different

Answer 4

I guess is the 'value' has to be equal, then it would be a matter of setting 6(x*x) = x*x*x and solve for x.

Answer 5

So of course x=6. If that is what she means, shame on her, because that is a badly worded question. Surface area and volume are fundamentally different things, and cannot be equivalent.

Answer 6

Technically speaking you could set up an equivalence relation between the two, but that would be a pretty absurd thing to do.

Answer 7

>> that would be a pretty absurd thing to do.
I agree, at what value is 'the area equal the volume'.. doesnt really make sense

Answer 8

that would make at least some sense
the word "equivalent" is what really is out of place in the question

Answer 9

numerically, yes.. but the units will be different...
do you mean something like
5 cubic units = 5 squared units ???

Answer 10

they're two different things... it's like saying 5 apples = 5 oranges..

Answer 11

why is it always apple and oranges???!!! why can't it be bananas and mangoes?? they're both yellow!!

Answer 12

Apples and oranges are more similar than bananas and mangoes. Bananas are banana-shaped, mangoes are mango-shaped. Apples and oranges are both apple-and-orange-shaped.

Answer 13

i like pie