The volume in cubic feet of a workshop's storage chest can be expressed as the product of it's three dimensions: V(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 - x +3. The depth is x + 1
Help find
a.) Find linear expression with integer coefficients for the other dimensions.
b.) If the depth of the chest is 6 feet, what are the other dimensions.
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Question

The volume in cubic feet of a workshop's storage chest can be expressed as the product of it's three dimensions: V(x) = x^3 - 3x^2 - x +3. The depth is x + 1 
Help find 
a.) Find linear expression with integer coefficients for the other dimensions.
b.) If the depth of the chest is 6 feet, what are the other dimensions.
Please Help me and show your work.

anonymous · Answer

first we could begin with synthetic division

anonymous · Answer

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