A box in the shape of a rectangular prism has a volume of 6x^3+27x^2-15x. What are the dimensions of the box?
1 Answer
May 9, 2018
The box measures
Explanation:
We can immediately factor out a
3x(2x^2 + 9x - 5)
Let's try and factor the trinomial now.
3x(2x^2 + 10x - x - 5)
3x(2x(x + 5) - (x + 5))
3x(2x - 1)(x + 5)
Therefore, the box measures
Hopefully this helps!