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Question
What will happen to the volume of the cube, if its edge is tripled?
Solution
Let each side of the cube be a, then its volume = a3 ...[∵ Volume of a cube = (side)3]
If side became triple, then volume will be = (3a)3 = 27a3
Hence, new volume of the cube will 27 times of original volume of the cube.
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