The area of a rectangular athletic field is represented by the expression 16x^7+32y^5+80y^3 square meters. write an algebraic expression to represent one possible set of dimensions (in the sense of "length times width") of the athletic field.
I got =16(y^7+2y^5+5y^2 sq. meters.......first , am I headed the right direction? ...2nd, can this be factored out more?

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The area of a rectangular athletic field is represented by the expression 16x^7+32y^5+80y^3 square meters.  write an algebraic expression to represent one possible set of dimensions (in the sense of "length times width") of the athletic field.
I got =16(y^7+2y^5+5y^2 sq. meters.......first , am I headed the right direction?  ...2nd, can this be factored out more?

anonymous · Answer

Can you clarify whether the first term is 16x^7 or 16y^7? It makes a big difference.

anonymous · Answer

16x^7

anonymous · Answer

wait sorry , its 16y^7

anonymous · Answer

Ok, that's what I thought. You're on the right track factoring, since the area should be a product of two factors. However, you can take out another monomial, y^2, for a final answer of 16y^2(y^5+2y^3+5).

anonymous · Answer

ok thank you over looked that ...thx:)