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Tyler enjoys the fish so much that after his birthday his family decides to take him to a famous aquarium a tank at the aquarium is similar to his tank with the scale factor of 8 how many times greater is the volume of the tank at the aquarium than the volume of tyler tank

Every weekday, mr. jones bikes from his home to his job. sometimes he rides along two roads, the long route that is shown by the solid lines. other times, he takes the shortcut shown by the dashed line. how many fewer kilometers does mr. jones bike when he takes the shortcut instead of the long route?

Ithink i know it but i want to be sure so can you me out ?