Answer:
P = 2(n - 6) + 2(n^2 - 8)
Step-by-step explanation:
Remembering that Area = Length times Width, we factor the given function
A = n^3 - 6n^2 - 8n + 48 in the expectation that the resulting factors represent the length and width respectively:
A = n^3 - 6n^2 - 8n + 48 factors as follows:
A = n^2(n - 6) - 8(n - 6), or A = (n - 6)(n^2 - 8)
We can label '(n - 6)' "width" and '(n^2 - 8'
length.
Then the perimeter, P, of the rectangle is P = 2(length) + 2(width). which works out here to:
P = 2(n - 6) + 2(n^2 - 8)
