Question

A designer of cement lawn figures needs to reduce the size of a sheep by making

each linear dimension 20% of the original. If a volume of N cm? of cement was used
to mold the original sheep, how many cubic centimeters of cement are needed to
make the smaller sheep?

Answer 1

N x (0.2)^3

Explanation:

Answer 2

0.008N cm³

Explanation:

The scale factor for volume is the cube of the linear scale factor:

0.20³ = 0.008

0.008N cm³ of cement are needed to make the smaller sheep.