Plato (429 - 384 B.C) was one of the first to discover a solution to that famous problem ofantiquity, the duplication of a cube. the finding of the edge of a cube whose volume is doublethat of a given cube.One legend asserts that the Athenians, who were suffering from a plague of typhoid fever,consulted the oracle at Delos as to how to stop the the plague. Apollo replied that the Delianswould have to double the size of his altar which was in the form of a cube.A new altar was constructed having its edges twice as long as the old one. The pestilencebecome worse than before, whereupon the Delians appealed to Plato.Given that the side of the altar was 9 ft. find accurate to five decimal places the edge of therequired altar.

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