SOLUTION: A cube has a surface area of 6x^2 +48x+96 find the length of the side(hint first find the GCF) please show the work

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Hi,

A cube has a surface area, (6 sides, each with area s^2)  of 

6x^2 +48x+96

6(x^2 + 8x + 16)

6(x+ 4)^2

 s = (x+4)