Michael is designing a backyard garden. he would like the length of the garden to be 3 feet longer than the width. the area of michael’s garden is given by x2 + 3x, where x represents the width of the garden. the binomial x + 3 is a factor of the polynomial. what does this factor represent?

What is the length of the segment joining the points at (4,5) and (6,-2) round to the nearest tenth if necessary

The lengths of two sides of a right triangle are given. find the length of the third side. round to the nearest tenth if necessary. a) y = 12/5x + 39/5 b) y = 5/12x + 5/39 c) y = 12/5x - 39/5 d) y = 5/12x - 5/39

Acompany produces packets of soap powder labeled “giant size 32 ounces.” the actual weight of soap powder in such a box has a normal distribution with a mean of 33 oz and a standard deviation of 0.7 oz. to avoid having dissatisfied customers, the company says a box of soap is considered underweight if it weighs less than 32 oz. to avoid losing money, it labels the top 5% (the heaviest 5%) overweight. how heavy does a box have to be for it to be labeled overweight?