4. The Sum and Difference of Cubes

We came across these before:

math expression

We can use these to factor expressions involving cubes:

 

Example 1:

Factor math expression

We have:

math expression

 

Exercises.

Factorise:

(1) math expression


Answer

(2) math expression


Answer




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