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Homework Statement
A rectangular shipping container that the Food Bank uses to store their tinned food, has a volume of 2500 cm3. The container is 4 times as wide as it is deep, and 5cm taller than it is wide. What are the dimensions of the container
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
(x)(4x)(4x+5)
= 4x^3 + 20x^2 .
Usually when it asks for dimensions it wants the roots, However i went from factored to expanded, so wth am i supposed to do? can't use bionomial theorem b/c already know the facotred form, etc.
Help?