Box a has a volume of 216 cubic meters. box b is similar to box a. to create box b, box a's dimensions were divided by 2. what is the volume of box b?
27 m3
72 m3
108 m3
54 m3

The last answer choice

First step is to get rid of the square root. remember that a square root is the same as raising to the (1/2) power. see below: multiply exponents per exponent rules to get: remember you subtract exponents from the denominator and add exponents in the numerator so: simplify further: so a is the correct choice. if you don't understand this google exponent rules and it will you understand. look at the image results.