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Coordinate Geometry

Question
CBSEENMA9001881

What are the possible expressions for the dimensions of the cuboids whose volumes are given below?

box enclose bold Volume bold space bold colon bold space bold 12 bold ky to the power of bold 2 bold plus bold 8 bold ky bold minus bold 20 bold k end enclose

Solution

12ky2 + 8ky - 20k
= 4k(3y2 + 2y - 5)
= 4k(3y2 + 5y - 3y - 5)
= 4k{y(3y + 5) - 1(3y +5)}
= 4k(3y + 5)(y - 1)
∴ The possible expressions for the dimensions of the cuboid are 4k, 3y + 5 and y - 1.