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Question

An illustration shows a cube with parts labeled. The front, right, and top faces are visible. The left, back, and bottom faces are not visible, but their positions are indicated by a dotted line. The edges at the bottom front, bottom right, and back right side are all labeled a and represent length, width, and height. A dotted line extends diagonally from the front top left vertex to the bottom right back vertex and is labeled d.

The length of the edge of the cube, a , is 8 in. Find the length of the diagonal of the cube, d . Round the answer to the nearest tenth.

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Responses

8.0 in.
8.0 in.

17.9 in.
17.9 in.

11.3 in.
11.3 in.

13.9 in.

Answer 1

To find the length of the diagonal \( d \) of the cube, we can use the formula for the space diagonal of a cube, which is given by:

\[ d = a \sqrt{3} \]

where \( a \) is the length of an edge of the cube.

Given that the length of the edge of the cube \( a \) is 8 inches, we can substitute this value into the formula:

\[ d = 8 \sqrt{3} \]

Next, we need to calculate \( \sqrt{3} \) which is approximately 1.732.

Now, we calculate:

\[ d = 8 \times 1.732 \approx 13.856 \]

Rounding this to the nearest tenth gives:

\[ d \approx 13.9 \text{ in.} \]

Thus, the length of the diagonal \( d \) is approximately 13.9 in.