Question

The volume of a rectangular prism is equal to x 3 + 4x 2 + 3x
What is the longest edge of the prism?

Answer 1

x(x+3) (x+1)

Answer 2

Factor the polynomial. Then remember that since each factor is the length of a side of a prism, x must be a positive number.

Answer 3

x + 1

x + 3

4x

x3 these are options

Answer 4

One side has length x
One side has length x + 1
One side has length x + 3
What is largest, x, x + 1, or x + 3?