The area of a rectanglular sandbox is (5x + 40) feet. Factor 5x + 40 to find possible dimensions of the sandbox

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5x+40 factors to 5(x+8). Notice how distributing the 5 back through to each term in the parenthesis gives
5 times x = 5x
5 times 8 = 40
So 5*(x+8) = 5*x+5*8 = 5x+40

Therefore, the factors are 5 and (x+8).
The dimensions of the sandbox are 5 feet by (x+8) feet.

We don't know the numeric value of (x+8) since we don't know the value of x, so we leave it as is.

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For this case we have to define root properties:

$\sqrt [n] {a ^ n} = a ^ {\frac {n} {n}} = a$

In addition, we know that:

$a ^ {- 1} = \frac {1} {a ^ 1} = \frac {1} {a}$

On the other hand:

$4 ^ 2 = 16$

Thus, we can rewrite the given expression as:

$\sqrt {4 ^ 2 * a ^ 8 * \frac {1} {b ^ 2}} =\\4 ^ {\frac {2} {2}} * a ^ {\frac {8} {2}} * \frac {1} {b ^ {\frac {2} {2}}} =\\4 * a ^ 4 * \frac {1} {b}$