General Strategy for Factoring Polynomials · Exercise 33
Watermelon drop A springtime tradition at the University of California San Diego is the Watermelon Drop, where a watermelon is dropped from the seventh story of Urey Hall.
ⓐ The binomial gives the height of the watermelon seconds after it is dropped. Factor the greatest common factor from this binomial.
ⓑ If the watermelon is thrown down with initial velocity 8 feet per second, its height after seconds is given by the trinomial . Completely factor this trinomial.
OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §7.5 General Strategy for Factoring Polynomials · Exercise 33
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