6 cm . Determine the volume of the cube.
A cube rests inside a sphere such that each vertex touches the sphere. The radius of the sphere isIf the volume of the cube can be expressed in the form of a 3 cm 3 , find the value of a .
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From the figure, the diameter of the sphere is the space diagonal of the cube which is equal to 2 ( 6 ) = 1 2 . If a is the side length of the cube, the space diagonal is a 3 . So we have
1 2 = a 3 ⟹ a = 3 1 2
So the volume is v = a 3 = ( 3 1 2 ) 3 = 3 2 3 1 7 2 8 = 3 2 1 ⋅ 3 1 7 2 8 = 3 5 7 6 = 1 9 2 3 .
The desired answer is 1 9 2 .
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The longest diagonal of cube is equal to the diameter of the sphere.
Let the length of the side of cube be x so the length of the longest diagonal is x 3 .
∴ x 3 x = 6 × 2 = 4 3 Volume = x 3 = ( 4 3 ) 2 = 1 9 2 3