An 8 m long cuboidal beam of wood when sliced produces four thousand 1 cm cubes and there is no wastage of wood in this process. If one edge of the beam is 0.5 m, find the third edge.

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Philoid · Accepted Answer

Given,

Length of cuboidal beam = 8 m

One edge of beam = 0.5 m

Let third edge of beam = h m

No. of cubes of side 1 cm (.01 m) produced = 4000

So,

=

Length of third edge = 0.001 m