A manufacturer of shipping boxes has a box shaped like a cube. The side length is 5a + 4b. What is the volume of the box in terms of a and b?

A. a^3 + 3a^2b + 3ab^2 + b^3
B.125a^3 + 300a^2b + 240ab^2 + 64b^3
C.125a^3 - 300a^2b +240ab^2 - 64b^3
D.a^3 - 3a^2b + 3ab^2 - b^3

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A manufacturer of shipping boxes has a box shaped like a cube. The side length is 5a + 4b. What is the volume of the box in terms of a and b? 

A. a^3 + 3a^2b + 3ab^2 + b^3
B.125a^3 + 300a^2b + 240ab^2 + 64b^3
C.125a^3 - 300a^2b +240ab^2 - 64b^3
D.a^3 - 3a^2b + 3ab^2 - b^3

anonymous · Answer

a cube has equal lengths. And the volume of a cube is its length cubed (power of three)

anonymous · Answer

What does that mean exactly?