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cube (geometry)

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Cubes and cuboids are both six-faced solid shapes. The faces on a cube are all squares while the faces on a cuboid are all rectangles.

In geometry, a solid shape whose faces are all squares. It has 6 equal-area faces and 12 equal-length edges.

If the length of one edge is l, the volume (V) of the cube is given by:

V = l3

Its surface area (A) is calculated by finding the area of one square:

l × l = l2;

and multiplying it by 6:

6 × l2

A = 6l2

For example, if the length of the sides of a die are 1.2 cm:

V = l3 = 1.23 = 1.728 cm3

A = 6l2 = 6 × 1.22 = 8.64 cm2


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