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ReplyTo a comment on Why you don't fall through the floor by ?-Dave_Mysterious-?.

-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.7 Jul 2004

The volume of the box is a³. So I understand why:

(dV/da) = 3a²

So dV = 3a²da.

But how do you get dV = d³a ? d³a = d(d(da)), doesn't it?