Two cubes have sides of length 3 cm and 8 cm. what is the ratio of their respective surface areas?

The surface area formula for a cube is: 6 * s^2, where s is the side length.

The two surface areas are:

6 * 3^2 = 54

and

6 * 8^2 = 384

The ratio of their surface areas, from the surface area of the smaller cube to the surface area of the larger cube is:

54/384 = 9/64

The answer is 9/64.

Note that another way to to find the ratio of the squares of the side lengths of the cubes.

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Given values are:

Cube's side length,

Another cube's side length,

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→ The surface area of cube will be:

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→ The another cube's surface area will be:

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The ratio of respective surface areas will be:

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Thus the above answer is correct.

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