Rhett decides to build a square room for his movie and music collection. If the area of the room is 9x2 − 6x + 1 square feet, what is the length of one side of the room?

A) (3x + 1) feet

B) (9x − 1) feet

C) (3x − 1) feet

D) (9x + 1) feet

Question

Rhett decides to build a square room for his movie and music collection. If the area of the room is 9x2 − 6x + 1 square feet, what is the length of one side of the room?

A) (3x + 1) feet

B) (9x − 1) feet

C) (3x − 1) feet

D) (9x + 1) feet

anonymous · Answer

Essentially you want to factor your equation out, and then just choose one factor and it can be the length of the room.