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A cereal box in the shape of a rectangular prism has a volume of 18x^3 - 3x^2 - 6x. What are three possible linear expressions for the dimensions of the cereal box?

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From factoring, the volume of a rectangular prism can be written as:

3x * (2x+1) * (3x-2).

Factoring

In math, factoring or factorization is used to write an algebraic expression in factors. There are some rules for factorization.  One of them is a factor out a common term for example: x²-x= x(x-1), where x is a common term.

The question gives: 18x³-3x²-6x. You can see that, initially, 3x is a common term. Therefore, you can write: 3x * (6x²-x-6) . Nonetheless, the question also asks 3 linear expressions, here only you have one (3x).

Thus, you should factor the expression (6x²-x-6) into two linear expressions: (2x+1)* ( 3x-2).

Thus, the volume of a rectangular prism can be written as:

3x * (2x+1) * (3x-2)

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