(a) Sodium chlorate crystals are easy to grow in the shape of cubes by allowing the solution of water and sodium chlorate to evaporate slowly. If is the volume of such a cube with side length , calculate when mm. [Explain what this means.]

(b) Find the rate of change of the volume of the cube with respect to its edge length when the surface area of the cube is 14 square mm.

(a) cubic mm/ mm
(b) cubic mm/mm

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