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6.4 Practice C
For use with pages 345–351

Factor the polynomial.

1. x3  729 2. 64x3  125 3. 2x3  16
4. 40x3  5 5. 16x3  54 6. 16x 4  81
7. x 4  64 8. 3x 4  48 9. x3  2x2  49x  98
10. x3  x2  3x  3 11. 4x3  24x2  x  6 12. x 4  2x3  x  2
13. 8x 4  8x3  x  1 14. x 4  5x3  x  5 15. 8x 4  8x3  64x  64
16. 3x3  12x2  3x  12 17. 3x 4  6x3  24x  48 18. x 4  3x3  4x2  12x
19. x6  x5  x 4  x3 20. 6x 4  12x3  12x2  24x 21. x7  x6  x3  x2

Find the real number solutions of the equation.

22. x3  1331  0 23. 27x3  8  0 24. 4x3  108
25. x 4  16  0 26. 32x 4  2 27. x3  12  3x2  4x
28. x3  8x2  6x  48  0 29. 9x3  27x2  4x  12 30. x 4  5x3  8x  40
31. 27x 4  8  27x3  8x 32. 2x3  6x2  2x  6  0
33. 2x 4  10x3  2x  10  0
34. x 4  6x3  9x2  54x 35. x6  x5  x 4  x3 36. x5  3x 4  8x2  24x
37. 5x 4  5x3  20x2  20x  0 38. x8  3x7  x6  3x5 39. x3  2x2  3x  6
40. x3  4x2  7x  28 41. 2x3  2x2  5x  5 42. x 4  36  0
43. x5  100x  0 44. 3x 4  12  0 45. x8  256  0

46. Manufacturing A tool shop is hired to make a metal mold in which

plastic is injected to make a solid block. (See diagram below.) The
finished plastic block should have a length that is 8 inches longer than
the height. It should also have a width that is 2 inches shorter than the
height. Each plastic block requires 96 cubic inches of plastic. If the
sides of the mold are to be 12 inch thick, how much metal is required
to make the mold?

Plastic
injection Lesson 6.4

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