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A solid cube of side `12 c m` is cut into 8 cubes of equal volume. What will be the side of the new cube? Also, find the ratio between their surface areas.

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The side of each new cube is 6 cm.
The required ratio of the total surface area of the original cube and the total surface area of a new cube is 4 : 1.
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