Select the correct answer. Which statement correctly describes this expression?
|x3| + 5
A. no the sum of the absolute value of three times a number and 5
B. 5 more than the absolute value of the cube of a number
C. the cube of the sum of a number and 5
D. the absolute value of three times a number added to 5

Given that (x-3) is a factor of f(x)=x^3+ax^2-x-6, find a and hence the number of real roots or the equation f(x)=0

Apool measures 12.3 feet by 16.6 feet. if the longer wall of the pool has a diagonal of 17.8 feet, what is the volume of the pool? (round to nearest tenth)

Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr jekyll and mr. hyde what do dr. jekyll's thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt? [t]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber, and i determined, flushed as i was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. i crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, i could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to he is jealous of those who can sleep through the night. he is revered for his scientific advances. he is interested in studying the movements of the stars he is proud and enthusiastic about his initial results.