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Two cubes are placed next to each other. The length of each of the edges of the larger cube is 4 cm4 \mathrm{~cm}. If the ratio of their surface areas is 1:41: 4, calculate:

a the surface area of the small cube,

b the length of an edge of the small cube.

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Use the formula for the area of the cube to solve this task.

A=6a2\begin{equation} A=6a^2 \end{equation}

Let AbA_b - an area of a big cube AsA_s - an area of a small cube

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