Please someone help me with this!
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Length = x
width = x - 7
height = x - 10
volume = 600 in^3
Volume = L * w * h
600 = x * (x - 7)*(x - 10)
600 = x * (x^2 - 17x + 70)
600 = x^3 - 17x^2 + 70x
x^3 - 17x^2 + 70x - 600 = 0
There is a genius somewhere that could solve this using algebra. The rest of us have 2 choices. We can graph it (see below) or we could use a program that solves it for us. I'll do both for you.
a = 1
b = - 17
c = 70
d = - 600
There is only 1 real solution: x = 15
L = 15
w = 8
h = 5
That has to be one of the ugliest graphs made. It does into the hundreds of thousands and it still looks like a straight line. Trust me. It's not.
Answer:
"The expression represents a cubic polynomial with 3 terms. The constant term is -10, the leading degree is 3, and the leading coefficient is (-1/6)"
Step-by-step explanation:
We have the expression:
First, what does that expression represents?
As al the powers of x are positive numbers, we can see that this is a polynomial, and the largest power is 3, so this is a polynomial of degree 3, also called a cubic polynomial.
How many terms are there?
The terms are the things separated by + or - symbols, is easy to see that there are 3 terms.
What is the constant term?
The constant term is the term where the variable, x, does not appear, here the constant term is: -10
What is the leading coefficient?
The leading coefficient is the coefficient that multiplies the term with the largest power of x, in this case, we can rewrite:
the leading coefficient is:
(-1/6)
There is a part of the statement that I can't read, i suppose that there says:
"leading degree"
this is just the largest power of x that appears in the polynomial, in this case, is 3.
Then the complete statement is:
"The expression represents a cubic polynomial with 3 terms. The constant term is -10, the leading degree is 3, and the leading coefficient is (-1/6)"