Brightstorm Q & A : why is the surface area cm^3? shouldn't it be cm^2?

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Yes, "area" is always units squared, whereas volume is always units cubed

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Steve204 June 23, 2011

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No, you are right. Surface area is squared since its simply a sum of all the areas of the surfaces. Volume is what is cubed.

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Aman010 June 23, 2011

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