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You have several boxes with the same dimensions. They have a combined volume of 4x4-21x²-46x + 219x + 180. Determine whether the binomial below could represent the number of boxes you have.

x+3

A) Yes; x+3 divides evenly. you get 4x^3-33x^2+53x+60
B)No; x-3 does not divide evenly. You get 4x^3-33x^2+53x+60 with a remainder of 12.
C)No; x+3 divides evenly. you get 4x^3-33x^2+53x+60


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Answer:

The following are the choices for this problem:A. x+4 B. x+3 C. x-5 D. 4x+3

Factoring 4x^4-21x^3-46x^2+219x+180, this will give us then the short answer of x+4.

The factor theorem states that if x-n is a factor of function f(x) = 4x^4-21^3-46^2+219x+180 then f(x) = 0.

So let us evaluate f(-4) which gives 4(256) - 21(-64) -46(16) +219(-4) + 180 = 936

Since the function f(-4) does not equate to zero, we could say that x+ 4 is not a factor.

So using x+3: f(-3) = 4(81) - 21(-27) -46(9) +219(-3) + 180 = 0, so x+3 is a factor.

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