SOLUTION: THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A WORD PROBLEM. TO FIND THE DIMENSIONS OF A BOX, BUT I DON'T HAVE A BOX AS A PROBLEM TO GO BY OR TO LOOK AT WITH VARIABLES. I not sure if I suppose to make yp a
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Question 549045: THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A WORD PROBLEM. TO FIND THE DIMENSIONS OF A BOX, BUT I DON'T HAVE A BOX AS A PROBLEM TO GO BY OR TO LOOK AT WITH VARIABLES. I not sure if I suppose to make yp a box.
A. FIND A POLYNOMIAL THAT GIVES THE VOLUME OF THE BOX FOR A GIVEN X
B. FACTOR YOUR POLYNOMIAL COMPLETELY
C. WHAT ARE THE ZERO OF YOUR POLYNOMIALS? WJAT DO THE REPRESENT IN THIS PROBLEM
I WROTE DOWN V=1^2h or 111 = a^2h
I think that I am going to drop this class, this is suppose to be algebra Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
You aren't sharing the entire problem. You probably are dealing with a flat piece of material from which you cut by squares from the corner and then fold up the sides to make the box. Then for a piece of material that originally measured by , the bottom of the box would measure by and the height of the box would simply be .
Your function, for given constants and , would be:
in its completely factored form.
The zeros of the polynomial would be where or where presuming . Note that is also a zero of the polynomial but, again presuming , is a real world absurdity.
By the way, typing in all caps is the equivalent of shouting and is both rude and annoying. Please don't apologize or make excuses -- just don't do it any more.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
