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Revision as of 20:47, 11 November 2022

Problem

The roots of the polynomial $10x^3 - 39x^2 + 29x - 6$ are the height, length, and width of a rectangular box (right rectangular prism). A new rectangular box is formed by lengthening each edge of the original box by 2 units. What is the volume of the new box?

Solution

Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be the three roots of the polynomial. The lenghtened prism's area is $V = (a+2)(b+2)(c+2) = abc+2ac+2ab+2bc+4a+4b+4c+8 = abc + 2(ab+ac+bc) + 4(a+b+c) + 8$.

By vieta's formulas, we know that:

$abc = \frac{-D}{A} = \frac{6}{10}$

$ab+ac+bc = \frac{C}{A} = \frac{29}{10}$

$a+b+c = \frac{-B}{A} = \frac{39}{10}$.

We can substitute these into the expression, obtaining $V = \frac{6}{10} + 2(\frac{29}{10}) + 4(\frac{39}{10}) + 8 = (D) 30$

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See also

2022 AMC 12A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources)
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Problem 16
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