Cuboid Perimeter and Volume

Geometry Level 2

A cuboid has faces with different perimeters: 6 cm, 8 cm, and 10 cm each.

What is the volume of the cuboid?

6 c m 3 6 \si{cm^3} 8 c m 3 8 \si{cm^3} 10 c m 3 10 \si{cm^3} None of the above

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1 solution

Tina Sobo
Nov 22, 2016

Let's say the cuboid has sides of lengths a , b a, b and c c . The perimeter of each of the 3 main faces are 2 a + 2 b , 2 b + 2 c , 2 c + 2 a 2a + 2b, 2b +2c, 2c + 2a , arbitrarily assign them to the faces given (since it is a cuboid any permutation of the faces will end with the same result)

Face 1: 2 a + 2 b = 6 a + b = 3 a = 3 b 2a + 2b = 6 \Rightarrow a + b = 3 \Rightarrow a = 3 - b
Face 2: 2 b + 2 c = 8 b + c = 4 c = 4 b 2b + 2c = 8 \Rightarrow b + c = 4 \Rightarrow c = 4 - b
Face 3: 2 c + 2 a = 10 c + a = 5 2c + 2a = 10 \Rightarrow c + a = 5

Substituting the first two equations into the third, we get 3 b + 4 b = 5 7 2 b = 5 2 b = 2 b = 1 \begin{aligned} 3-b + 4-b &= 5 \\ 7 - 2b &= 5 \\ 2b &= 2 \\ b&=1 \end{aligned}

Hence, c = 4 b = 4 1 = 3 c = 4-b = 4-1 = 3 and a = 3 b = 3 1 = 2 a = 3-b = 3-1 = 2 .
Thus, the Volume = a b c = 1 2 3 = 6. = abc = 1 * 2 * 3 = 6.

I modified your LaTeX so the substitution happens using \align - it's easier to read that way.

Jason Dyer Staff - 4 years, 6 months ago

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