SOLUTION: 32. The obelisk in the movie 2001 has the shape of a rectangular box with lengths x, 4x, and 9x, where x is a parameter. The volume V of the obelisk is a polynomial expression in

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Question 17380: 32. The obelisk in the movie 2001 has the shape of a rectangular box with lengths x, 4x, and 9x, where x is a parameter.
The volume V of the obelisk is a polynomial expression in x of degree __ and __leading coefficient .
In fact, V=___(enter an expression in x ).

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Answer 8366 by venugopalramana(134) on 2005-10-27 01:12:07 (Show Source):
length=x,width= 4x, and height=9x are the 3 sides of the rectangular box
volume = length *width*height=x*4x*9x=36x^3..so degree is 3 and the leading coefficient is 36 and the formula is volume=36x^3