SOLUTION: Geometry. The volume of the box is represented by (x^2+5x+6)(x+5). Find the polynomial that respresents the area of the bottom of the box.

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Question 28981: Geometry. The volume of the box is represented by (x^2+5x+6)(x+5). Find the polynomial that respresents the area of the bottom of the box.
Answer by Nate(3500) About Me  (Show Source):
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you can simplify the trinomial into (x+2)(x+3) with (x+5)
(x+2)(x+3)(x+5)
the area depends on which multiplied polynomial equals the length and the width
if the length was x+3 and the width x+2, then the area of the bottom is x^2+5x+6