Practice problem
Factoring by Grouping
Janet wants to calculate the average of her Algebra exam grades. Unfortunately, Janet's teacher never returned the exams (she is a tough teacher!) and Janet doesn't know her grades. Her teacher did give her a hint though! She told Janet that the product of her three grades is given by the polynomial , where is the class average for all of the exams. Janet learns that the class average is 70. Which of the following could be Janet's grades for her three exams?