Finding New Algebraic Identities
Last updated at August 14, 2026 by Teachoo
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Sum and Difference of Cubes SUM OF TWO CUBES FORMULA Example: โ (8a^3+27=(2a)^3+3^3@=(2a+3)(4a^2-6a+9) ) DIFFERENCE OF TWO CUBES FORMULA x^3-y^3=(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2 ) Factors into: (x-y)" and " (x^2+xy+y^2 ) Example: (&27x^3-64=(3x)^3-4^3@=& (3x-4)(9x^2+12x+16) ) ๐^๐+๐^๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Our identity is ๐^๐+๐^๐=(๐+๐)(๐^๐โ๐๐+๐^๐ ) We can prove this using algebra (๐+๐)(๐^๐โ๐๐+๐^๐ ) =๐ฅ(๐ฅ^2โ๐ฅ๐ฆ+๐ฆ^2 )+๐ฆ(๐ฅ^2โ๐ฅ๐ฆ+๐ฆ^2 ) =(๐ฅ^3โ๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆ+๐ฅ๐ฆ^2 )+(๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐ฆ^2+๐ฆ^3 ) =๐ฅ^3โ๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆ+๐ฅ๐ฆ^2+๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐ฆ^2+๐ฆ^3 =๐^๐+๐^๐ ๐^๐โ๐^๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐๐ Our identity is ๐^๐โ๐^๐=(๐โ๐)(๐^๐+๐๐+๐^๐ ) We can prove this using algebra (๐โ๐)(๐^๐+๐๐+๐^๐ ) =๐ฅ(๐ฅ^2+๐ฅ๐ฆ+๐ฆ^2 )โ๐ฆ(๐ฅ^2+๐ฅ๐ฆ+๐ฆ^2 ) =(๐ฅ^3+๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆ+๐ฅ๐ฆ^2 )โ(๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆ+๐ฅ๐ฆ^2+๐ฆ^3 ) =๐ฅ^3+๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆ+๐ฅ๐ฆ^2โ๐ฅ^2 ๐ฆโ๐ฅ๐ฆ^2โ๐ฆ^3 =๐^๐โ๐^๐