The formula s= square root of SA/6 gives the length of the side, s, of a cube with a surface area, SA. How much longer is the side of a cube with a surface area of 480 square meters than a cube with the surface area of 270 square meters?

Surface area of cube is square of its side length. The side of cube with surface area 480 sq. meters is 0.91 meters longer than the side of cube with 270 sq. meters surface area.

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For the given case, the phrase "how much longer" denotes that we can use subtraction.

Let the first cube be A with surface area 480 sq. meters and side p meters

Then we have

√(480)/6 = p

p = √480/6 ≈ 3.65 meters (we took positive root since 'length' is a non-negative quantity)

Let the second cube be B with surface area 270 sq. meters and side q meters

Then we have

√(270)/6 = q

q ≈ 2.74 meters

We have: p-q = 3.65 - 2.74 = 0.91 meters approx.

It means, if we add 0.91 meters to cube B's side length, then its side length would become equal to that of cube A's side length.

Or, side length of A = 0.91 + side length of B

Thus,

The side of cube with surface area 480 sq. meters is 0.91 meters longer than the side of cube with 270 sq. meters surface area.

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