Hugo and Boss are upgrading the storage in their backyard. The existing storage has the shape of a rectangular prism with the dimensions 1m by 2m by 4m. By what amount, x, should they increase each dimension so that the new storage is 9 times the volume of the original storage?

Hugo and Boss are upgrading the storage in their backyard. The existing storage has the shape of a rectangular prism with the dimensions 1m by 2m by 4m. By what amount, x, should they increase each dimension so that the new storage is 9 times the volume of the original storage?

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

10th Edition

ISBN:9780470458365

Author:Erwin Kreyszig

Publisher:Erwin Kreyszig

Chapter2: Second-order Linear Odes

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1RQ

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