Question

A restaurant has x floors. The number of tables on each floor is 4 less than the number of floors. The number of chairs with each table is 1 less than the number of tables on each floor. The expression below shows the total number of chairs in the restaurant:

x(x - 4)(x - 5)

Part B: Part B: What type of polynomial is x(x - 4)(x - 5)?

Part C: What is the degree of the polynomial x(x - 4)

I need help with part B and C

Answer 1

b) cubic
c)degree of 2

Answer 2

Can you explain part B? @dashdg

Answer 3

you have x times itself three times which is x*x*x= x^3, which is a cubic polynomial.

Answer 4

It looks something like this:very rough but that's a cubic; it has three places it "turns" or curves.