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Factoring Sum and Difference of Cubes

This document contains a mathematics review from St. Mary's College in Quezon City. It includes examples of factoring the sum and difference of two cubes. It lists the steps for factoring the sum as (x + y)(x^2 - xy + y^2) and the difference as (x - y)(x^2 + xy + y^2). Several examples are provided of factoring expressions involving sums and differences of cubes.

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Factoring Sum and Difference of Cubes

This document contains a mathematics review from St. Mary's College in Quezon City. It includes examples of factoring the sum and difference of two cubes. It lists the steps for factoring the sum as (x + y)(x^2 - xy + y^2) and the difference as (x - y)(x^2 + xy + y^2). Several examples are provided of factoring expressions involving sums and differences of cubes.

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Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

Review

𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟔𝟒 = (𝒙 + 𝟖)(𝒙 − 𝟖)

𝟐𝟓𝒂 𝟒 − 𝟗𝒃 𝟔
= (𝟓𝒂 𝟐 + 𝟑
𝟑𝒃 )(𝟓𝒂 𝟐 − 𝟑
𝟑𝒃 )

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St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

Review
Find the product of
𝟐 𝟐
(𝒂 + 𝒃)(𝒂 − 𝒂𝒃 + 𝒃 ).

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Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

LISTING DOWN

What are the first


ten perfect cubes?
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n n2 n3
1 1 1
2 4 8
3 9 27
4 16 64
5 25 125
6 36 216
7 49 343
8 64 512
9 81 729
10 100 1000
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Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

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Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

Classify numbers/expressions that are


perfect cubes; and

Factor the sum and difference of two


cubes.

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

Sum and Difference of Two Cubes (E-Math p. 19)

Let 𝒙 and 𝒚 be real numbers, variables or algebraic expressions.


Factoring Sum of Two Cubes
𝒙𝟑 + 𝒚𝟑 = (𝒙 + 𝒚) 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚𝟐
Factoring Difference of Two Cubes
𝟑 𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
𝒙 − 𝒚 = (𝒙 − 𝒚) 𝒙 + 𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Sum of Two Cubes

𝒂 𝟑 + 𝟔𝟒 = (𝒂 + 𝟒)(𝒂𝟐 − 𝟒𝒂 + 𝟏𝟔)

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Sum of Two Cubes

𝟑
𝟖𝒃 + 𝟐𝟕 = (𝟐𝒃 + 𝟑)(𝟒𝒃 𝟐 − 𝟔𝒃 + 𝟗)

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Sum of Two Cubes

𝟐𝟕𝒄𝟑 + 𝒅𝟑 = (𝟑𝒄 + 𝒅)(𝟗𝒄𝟐 − 𝟑𝒄𝒅 + 𝟐


𝒅 )

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Difference of Two Cubes

𝟔𝟒 − 𝒑𝟔 = (𝟒 − 𝟐
𝒑 )(𝟏𝟔 + 𝟒𝒑𝟐 + 𝟒
𝒑 )

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Difference of Two Cubes

𝟏𝟐𝟓𝒔𝟑 − 𝟖𝒕𝟑 = (𝟓𝒔 − 𝟐𝒕)(𝟐𝟓𝒔 + 𝟏𝟎𝒔𝒕 + 𝟒𝒕 ) 𝟐 𝟐

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Factoring the Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

EXAMPLE: Difference of Two Cubes

𝟖𝒆𝟑 𝒇𝟔 − 𝟐𝟕𝒈𝟑 = (𝟐𝒆𝒇𝟐 − 𝟑𝒈)(𝟒𝒆𝟐 𝒇𝟒 + 𝟔𝒆𝒇𝟐 𝒈 + 𝟗𝒈𝟐 )

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St. Mary’s College
Quezon City
ISO 9001 : 2015 Certified ● PAASCU Accredited Level II

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