SOLUTION: The height of a right rectangular prism is 3 units greater than the length of the base. The edge length of the square base is x units. Which expression represents the volume of

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Question 1062318: The height of a right rectangular prism is 3 units greater than the length of the base. The edge length of the square base is x units.
Which expression represents the volume of the prism, in cubic units?
x3 + 9
x3 + 3x2
x3 + 3x + 3
x3 + 6x2 + 9x

Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, KMST:
Answer by ikleyn(52781)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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= .


Answer by KMST(5328)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A right rectangular prism has a ,
and a rectangular base with a and a .
The volume is
In this case, there is a , with
, and
,
so the volume is
.

NOTE: Even if pressed for time, you do not read every word,
and miss the word ,
should be a factor,
and so would base length ,
so you could eliminate options
and ,
because they do not have as a factor.

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