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 A: What does x(x - 4) represent?
Part B: What type of polynomial is x(x - 4)(x - 5)?
Part C: What is the degree of the polynomial x(x - 4)?

Answer 1

What do you think about Part A?

Answer 2

I really dont know

Answer 3

Im stuck in that one

Answer 4

x = floors
x - 4 = tables
x - 5 = amount of chairs

x(x-4) = the amount of tables all together

x(x-5) amount of chairs

Want to know why?

Answer 5

Yes

Answer 6

they are telling you that the number of tables on each floor is 4 less than the number of floors (x - 4)
So, x(x - 4) would be the number of tables in the floor

Answer 7

Okay

Answer 8

Thanks, for part B i got x3−9x2+20x

Answer 9

So it will be a trinomial right?

Answer 10

yes

Answer 11

trinomial = degree 3

Answer 12

Alright

Answer 13

Thank u so much

Answer 14

what about x(x - 4)?

Answer 15

Wait Part a : The number of tables
Part B: Trinomial
Part c: 3rd Degree

Answer 16

Right?

Answer 17

part a you have to mention that are the number of tables on the floor

Answer 18

Ok

Answer 19

Part A: The number of tables on the floor*

Answer 20

Part B: Trinomial

Answer 21

Part C: 3rd Degree

Answer 22

part C is binomial, so degree 2

Answer 23

Ohhh

Answer 24

Okay

Answer 25

x(x - 4) = x^2 - 4x

Answer 26

So Part C: 2nd Degree

Answer 27

yes

Answer 28

Thank u so much!!!

Answer 29

no problem