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Your friend is comparing two 6-sided cubic storage bins. The yellow bin has a surface area of 9600 square centimeters and costs $25. The blue bin has a surface area of 7350 square centimeters and costs$20. a. Find the edge length of each bin. b. Which bin costs less per cubic centimeter? Explain your reasoning.

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(a) Edge lengths\textbf{Edge lengths}

You have the next information: % for bullets

  • The surface area of the yellow\text{\color{#965501}yellow} bin is 9600 cm29600\text{ cm}^2
  • The surface area of the blue\text{\color{#4257b2}blue} bin is 7350 cm27350\text{ cm}^2

Since each bin is 66-sided cubic, it menas their surface area consists of 66 squares.

The surfrace of each square of yellow\text{\color{#965501}yellow} bin is 9600 cm2÷6=1600 cm29600\text{ cm}^2\div 6=\color{#965501}1600\text{ cm}^2

The surfrace of each square of blue\text{\color{#4257b2}blue} bin is 7350 cm2÷6=1225 cm27350\text{ cm}^2\div 6=\color{#4257b2}1225\text{ cm}^2

Since area of a square is given by A=l2A=l^2 where ll is its side length, then the length is given by

l=+A\color{#c34632}l=+\sqrt{A}

Let lY\color{#965501}l_Y be the side length of the yellow bin and lB\color{#4257b2}l_B the side length of the blue bin.

Now we have:

lY=+1600 cm2=40 cmlB=+1225 cm2=35 cm\begin{align*} {\color{#965501}l_Y}&=+\sqrt{1600\text{ cm}^2}=\boxed{\color{#965501} 40\text{ cm}} \\ {\color{#4257b2}l_B}&=+\sqrt{1225\text{ cm}^2}=\boxed{\color{#4257b2} 35\text{ cm}} \end{align*}

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