The volume of a prism is the product of its height and area of its base, V = Bh. A rectangular prism has a volume of 16y^4 + 16y^3 + 48y62 cubic units. Which could be the base area and height of the prism?

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Johnathon Werner

Mathematics

14 May, 22:57

The volume of a prism is the product of its height and area of its base, V = Bh. A rectangular prism has a volume of 16y^4 + 16y^3 + 48y62 cubic units. Which could be the base area and height of the prism?

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Opie · Answer 1

If that's the volume, then the base and height could be anything that multiply together to get that. It could be as simple as pulling out common factors like 16y^2.

16y^2 (y^2 + y + 3)

The base area could be 16y^2 and the height could be y^ + y + 3.