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Problem
What is the volume of a cube whose surface area is twice that of a cube with volume 1?
Solution
A cube with volume 
has a side of length ![$\sqrt[3]{1}=1$](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/3/c/6/3c65bfc5db8bea84fcd769f69191c1c492e6718f.png)
and thus a surface area of 
.
A cube whose surface area is 
has a side of length 
and a volume of 
.
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