Shelbert
May 3, 2012, 04:57 PM
Toby has eight cubes with edge length 1 inch. He can stack the cubes into three different rectangular prisms: 2 by 2 by 2, 8 by 1 by 1, and 2 by 4 by 1. Each prism has a volume of 8 cubic inches. Tell which prism has the smallest surface-area-to-volume ratio.