The areas of three faces of a cuboid box of chocolates are 120cm², 80cm² and 96cm². What is the volume of the box?

We don't need to know the dimensions of the box, so if ab=120, bc=80 and ca = 96, then a^2 b^2 c^2 = 120*80*96 = 921600, and the volume is the square root of this, or 960 cm^3.

Edited on March 2, 2007, 9:30 am

Posted by Charlie on 2007-03-02 09:29:11