A designer of cement lawn figures needs to reduce the size of a sheep by making

each linear dimension 20% of the original. If a volume of N cm? of cement was used

to mold the original sheep, how many cubic centimeters of cement are needed to

make the smaller sheep?

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Anthony Bright

Mathematics

26 July, 00:12

A designer of cement lawn figures needs to reduce the size of a sheep by making

each linear dimension 20% of the original. If a volume of N cm? of cement was used

to mold the original sheep, how many cubic centimeters of cement are needed to

make the smaller sheep?

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Answers (2)

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Allan Santana · Answer 1

N x (0.2) ^3

Tristan Holder · Answer 2

0.008N cm³

Step-by-step explanation:

The scale factor for volume is the cube of the linear scale factor:

0.20³ = 0.008

0.008N cm³ of cement are needed to make the smaller sheep.

A designer of cement lawn figures needs to reduce the size of a sheep by makingeach linear dimension 20% of the original. If a volume of N cm? of cement was usedto mold the original sheep, how many cubic centimeters of cement are needed tomake the smaller sheep?

A designer of cement lawn figures needs to reduce the size of a sheep by making

each linear dimension 20% of the original. If a volume of N cm? of cement was used

to mold the original sheep, how many cubic centimeters of cement are needed to

make the smaller sheep?