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The area of the hardscape is 3x^2 + 13x + 4. what is the length and width of the hardscape

User Chris Kemp
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Answer:


(3x+1)


(x+4)

Explanation:

Assuming that the given surface is two-dimensional, one can simply factor the given polynomial to find the dimensions of the surface.


3x^2 + 13x + 4

Just by looking at the polynomial, it is fairly obvious that the factors are;


(3x+1)(x+4)

One can check this by distributing, multiply every term in one of the parenthesis by every term in the other. Then combine like terms,


3x^2 + 12x + x + 4\\\\3x^2 + 13x + 4

Without further information, it is impossible to determine which is the length, and which is the width, one just knows that the dimensions of the surface are;


(3x+1)\\\\(x+4)

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