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Polyhedron 1, which is made up of 540 identical cubes, is similar to polyhedron 2, which is made up of 20 cubes of that same size. What is the scale factor of polyhedron 1 to polyhedron 2? What is the ratio of the surface area of polyhedron 1 to the surface area of polyhedron 2?

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          Polyhedron 1, which is made up of 540 identical cubes, is similar to polyhedron 2, which is made up of 20 cubes of that same size. What is the scale factor of polyhedron 1 to polyhedron 2? What is the ratio of the surface area of polyhedron 1 to the surface area of polyhedron 2?

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Given that polyhedron 1 is made up of 540 cubes and polyhedron 2 is made up of 20 cubes, the ratio of the number of cubes in polyhedron 1 to polyhedron 2 is 540:20, which simplifies to 27:1. Since the scale factor for volume is the cube root of this ratio, the Show more…

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Polyhedron 1, which is made up of 540 identical cubes, is similar to polyhedron 2, which is made up of 20 cubes of that same size. What is the scale factor of polyhedron 1 to polyhedron 2? What is the ratio of the surface area of polyhedron 1 to the surface area of polyhedron 2?