Please help, I need an explanation on how to do this I will medal best answer. Winton wants to find the volume of a cube. He uses the formula for volume of a cube V=S 3, where S is the length of one side of the cube. If S =0.5 centimeter, what is the volume of the cube?

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Please help, I need an explanation on how to do this I will medal best answer.  Winton wants to find the volume of a cube. He uses the formula for volume of a cube V=S 3, where S is the length of one side of the cube.  If S =0.5 centimeter, what is the volume of the cube?

mww · Answer

this is just substitution. The formula says 
$$v = s^3$$ which simply means the volume of the cube is found by taking the cubed number of the side. So do this.

dcher03 · Answer

so, v= 0.5 times 3?

mww · Answer

no. do you know what a cubed number is?

or what a square number is?

ask_if_im_a_ghost · Answer

S^3 means to multiply "S" 3 times.
So V=S^3=S*S*S=(0.5 cm)*(0.5 cm)*(0.5 cm)=0.125 cm^3

dcher03 · Answer

oh, sorry I don,t know what I was thinking, I am supposed to do 0.5 times 0.5 times 0.5

mww · Answer

yeah cubed means you multiply the number by itself 3 times, rather than times the number by three (which is really s + s + s)

dcher03 · Answer

thnx. : )