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Find the volume and surface area of a cube with edge 3: animated lesson

A narrated, step-by-step volume and surface area video lesson with captions. Final answer: Volume = 27 cubic units; surface area = 54 square units.

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Video narrated by a synthetic voice (Piper TTS, en_US-ljspeech-high voice (LJ Speech dataset, public domain)); the steps come from our maths engine and the answer was checked independently. Download MP4 (0.3 MB) · Captions (WebVTT)

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1. The problem
Worked example
Find the volume and surface area of a cube with edge 3.
2. Step by step
1. $V = 3^3 = 27$
  Volume
2. $S = 6 \cdot 3^2 = 54$
  Surface area (six square faces)
3. The answer
$V = 27$
V = 27, S = 54
4. Check
- Volume 27 and surface area 54 are positive.

Transcript

The problem. Here is the problem: Find the volume and surface area of a cube with edge 3. Compute the volume (cubic units) and total surface area (square units) of the solid from its dimensions in one length unit.

Step by step. Volume. Surface area (six square faces).

The answer. So the answer is Volume equals 27 cubic units; surface area equals 54 square units. Volume counts unit cubes inside a solid; surface area counts unit squares needed to wrap it. Doubling every length multiplies volume by 8 and surface area by 4.

Check. Volume 27 and surface area 54 are positive.

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