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A dollhouse has a volume given by the trinomial y^3 - 5y^2 - 6y What are the possible dimensions of the box?

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y^3-5y^2-6y\\y(y^2-5y-6)\\y(y+6)(y-1)

The dimensions of the box are y by y+6 by y-1.
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