Consider a cube with one corner at origin and the other corner along the body diagonal at (1,1,1). Tra the cube along the body diagonal so that the new position of the corner (0,0,0) is at (1,1,1) Q. Is the surface area scalar or vector, prove Q. Compute the total surface area of this translated cube Q. Should not the total surface area be zero, Comment with justification.

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Consider a cube with one corner at origin and the other corner along the body diagonal at (1,1,1). Translate
the cube along the body diagonal so that the new position of the corner (0,0,0) is at (1,1,1)
Q. Is the surface area scalar or vector, prove
Q. Compute the total surface area of this translated cube
Q. Should not the total surface area be zero, Comment with justification.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a cube with one corner at origin and the other corner along the body diagonal at (1,1,1). Translate the cube along the body diagonal so that the new position of the corner (0,0,0) is at (1,1,1) Q. Is the surface area scalar or vector, prove Q. Compute the total surface area of this translated cube Q. Should not the total surface area be zero, Comment with justification.
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