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The larger the surface area the more pressure can be spread out, therefore it is less likely to fall through the snow. As pressure = f / a.

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Why should skis have a large surface area?

I believe it has something to do with the large surface area resulting in lower pressure on the snow (or whatever your skiing on, if not snow) so you don't fall into the snow.


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Describe what happens to the surface area to volume ratio for larger and larger cubes?

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What happens to the surface area of a cube when it doubles?

I will rephrase your question: What happens to the surface area of a cube when the volume doubles. Ans. Surface area becomes 1.5876 times larger. Explanation: Let L = the length of the side of the original cube and h x L the length of the cube that is double the volume. Now: Vol= L^3 x 2 = (h x L)^3 or h = 2^(1/3) = 1.2599, so the length will be 1.2599 times larger. Surface area = 6 x L^2 for original cube and 6 x L^2 x 1.2599^2 for the cube with twice the volume. 1.2599^2 = 1.5876 If you are asking what happens to the surface area when the sides double, then the larger cube has surface area = 6 * 2^2 * L^2 , so 6 * 2^2 = 24. Each side is 4 times larger so the total surface area is 24 times larger.


The total area for gas exchange in the lung is about 10 square meters larger than the entire surface of the body?

FALSE!