x + 15 = 24
subtract 15 from both sides
x = 24 - 15 = 9
The volume for any cube is length x width x height,
so in this case because all side of cube is the same, let it be y.
y x y x y = 27
y = 3
so each side will be 3 inches
-15 is the smaller number because the further you go into the negatives like -30, -47, -52; youre getting further away from 0 and after 0 are positive numbers so -15 would be the smaller number