4 solid cubes were made out of the same material. All four have different side lengths: 6cm, 8cm, 10cm, and 12cm. How to distribute the cubes onto two plates of a scale so the scale is balanced?

The volumes of the cubes are 6³ = 216, 8³ = 512, 10³ = 1,000 and 12³ = 1,728 for a combined volume of 216 + 512 + 1,000 + 1,728 = 3456 which means that each side of the scale must have a combined volume of 3456 / 2 = 1728. This means that in order for the scale to be balanced we need to put the 12 cm cube on one side and the other 3 cubes on the other side.

a triangular prism is a 3 dimensional shape composed of triangles and rectangles. it is made from two triangular bases and three rectangular sides.  

area of rectangle a is 2 times that of rectangle b that means 2x+x =   36cm^2

3x = 36cm ^2

x = 36/3

x= 12cm^2

and 2x = 24cm^2

now side of square = are divided by sides = 36/4 = 6cm

that means length of rectangle a and b is 6cm too

now for rectangle a,

l*b = area

= 6*y=24

y=24/6 = 4

therefore dimensions of rectangle a are- length = 6cm, breadth = 4cm

and for rectangle b, length = 6cm and breadth = 6-4 = 2cm.

hope this .