Expert: Paul Klarreich - 2/10/2011

Question
The area of a rectangular athletic field is represented by the expression 14z^4-42z^3-+63z square meters. Write an algebraic expression to represent one possible set of dimensions (in the sense “length times width”) of the athletic field. Include correct units.

Answer
Questioner: Karen
Country: United States
Category: Advanced Math
Private: No
Subject: polynomials
Question: The area of a rectangular athletic field is represented by the expression 14z^4-42z^3-+63z square meters. Write an algebraic expression to represent one possible set of dimensions (in the sense “length times width”) of the athletic field. Include correct units.




14z^4 - 42z^3 -+  63z  =

z(14z^3 - 42z^2 -+ 63)

so you can use  z  as one of them, and  14z^3 - 42z^2 + 63  as the other (meters, of course)