document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=478620>Question 478620</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A cube has a surface area of 6x^2+12+6 Find the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "length of a side. (Hint: First factor out the GCF.)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A cube consists of six identical faces.  If the surface area of the entire cube is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large 6x^2\ +\ 12x\ + 6\">, then the area of one of the six faces must be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{6x^2\ +\ 12x\ +\ 6}{6}\ =\ x^2\ +\ 2x\ +\ 1\">.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each of the faces of the cube is a square with side measure <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s\">, and therefore has an area of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large s^2\">.  So now we know that:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ s^2\ =\ x^2\ +\ 2x\ +\ 1\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And finally:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it<BR>\n" );
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