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geometry junior

Problem

What is the volume, in cubic inches, of a rectangular box, whose faces have areas of square inches, square inches and square inches?
Solution
If , , and represent the dimensions of the rectangular box, we look for the volume . We arbitrarily set , , and . Now notice that if we multiply all three equations, we get . To get the volume, we take the square root of each side and get cubic inches.
Final answer
48