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The density of a certain type of wood is kilograms per cubic meter. A sample of this type of wood is in the shape of a cube and has a mass of kilograms. To the nearest hundredth of a meter, what is the length of one edge of this sample?
The density of a certain type of wood is 353 kilograms per cubic meter. A sample
Hard-difficulty · SAT Math · Ratios, Rates, and Proportional Relationships — Word problems with proportional reasoning. Read the question above, select your answer, and check the full explanation below to understand exactly why the correct choice works.
Answer explanation
Choice B is correct. It’s given that the density of a certain type of wood is kilograms per cubic meter , and a sample of this type of wood has a mass of . Let represent the volume, in , of the sample. It follows that the relationship between the density, mass, and volume of this sample can be written
as , or . Multiplying both sides of this equation by yields . Dividing both sides of this equation by yields . Therefore, the volume of this sample is . Since it’s given that the sample of this type of wood is a cube, it follows that the length of one edge of this sample can be found using the volume formula for a cube, , where represents the volume, in , and represents the length, in m, of one edge of the cube. Substituting for in this formula yields . Taking the cube root of both sides of this equation yields , or . Therefore, the length of one edge of this sample to the nearest hundredth of a meter is .
Choices A, C, and D are incorrect and may result from conceptual or calculation errors.
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