DSQ: Calculating the length of an edge of a prism

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GMAT Quantitative Reasoning › DSQ: Calculating the length of an edge of a prism

Questions
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1

A carpenter is building a box to hold his tools. Find the legth of the second smallest side of the box.

I) The box will have a volume of .

II) The smallest side is half the length of the longest side and the middle side is three-quarters of the length of the longest side.

2

A pirate wants to hide all of his treasure. He commisions a local woodworker to build him a series of wooden chests of volume of . Find the length of the longest side given the following:

I) The shortest side will be the length of the medium side.

II) The middle side will be 2 feet long.

3

Find the height of a box used to ship a computer, given the following:

I) The computer, along with all the cushioning, will take up a space of .

II) The width of the box will be the length of the box.

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