Ashipping company offers various sized shipping boxes to its customers. some of these boxes are cube-shaped, with equal height, width, and depth. as part of an upcoming sales promotion, the company will offer two cube-shaped boxes for the price of one.
a. write an expression to represent the total volume of two different sized boxes as a sum of cubes if one of the boxes has sides with a length of 1 foot and the other has sides with a length of x feet.
b. factor the sum of cubes.
c. calculate the total volume of the two boxes if x = 3 feet.

Aprofessional hockey team has noticed that, over the past several seasons, as the number of wins increases, the total number of hot dogs sold at the concession stands increases. the hockey team concludes that winning makes people crave hot dogs. what is wrong with the hockey team's conclusion? a) it does not take into account the attendance during each season. b) it does not take into account the number of hamburgers sold during each season. c) it does not take into account the number of concession stands in the hockey arena. d) it does not take into account the number of seasons the hockey team has been in existence.