HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!! The volume of a cube is given by V=s^3, where s is the length of a side. Find the length of a side of a cube if the volume is 800 cm^3

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

V = s^3 ... given formula

800 = s^3 ... plug in the given volume V = 800

s^3 = 800

s = ???

anonymous · Answer

@hartnn can you help me. I am still not understanding this

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

the next step would be to take the cube root of both sides

anonymous · Answer

there is nothing cubed that gives you 800

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

so it's going to be some decimal number

anonymous · Answer

that is what I have been trying to figure out lol

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

that's why you need a calculator

anonymous · Answer

thats what i am doing

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

cube root of 800 = 800^(1/3) = ???

anonymous · Answer

i got 9.283^3

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

me too, so the side is roughly 9.283 cm

anonymous · Answer

the part the got me was that the volume = 800cm^3

anonymous · Answer

i mean that

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

if it was 8 or 8000, then it would have been a whole number since 

2^3 = 8

and 

20^3 = 8000

but it's perfectly possible to get some length that's not a whole number

anonymous · Answer

ok thank you for your help

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

np