Big Ideas Math - Algebra 1, A Common Core Curriculum

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Chapter 6 - Exponential Functions and Sequences - 6.2 - Radicals and Rational Exponents - Exercises - Page 304: 36

Answer

$243 \,mm$

Work Step by Step

If the length of one side is $L$, then the volume $V=L^{3}=27^{5}\,mm^{3}$ $\implies L= (27^{5}\,mm^{3})^{1/3}=27^{\frac{5}{3}}\,mm$ $27$ can be written as $3^{3}$. $\implies L=(3^{3})^{\frac{5}{3}}\,mm=3^{3\cdot\frac{5}{3}}\,mm=3^{5}\,mm$ $=243\,mm$
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