Question

An office has x floors. The number of rooms on each floor is 5 less than the number of floors. The number of cubicles in each room is 1 less than the number of rooms on each floor. The expression below shows the total number of cubicles in the office:

x(x - 5)(x - 6)

Part A: What does x(x - 5) represent? (4 points)

Part B: What type of polynomial is x(x - 5)? (3 points)

Part C: What is the degree of the polynomial x(x - 5)?