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Factoring the Sum & Difference of Two Cubes. This is a piece of cake, if you have perfect cubes. What are perfect cubes?. This is a piece of cake, if you have perfect cubes. What are perfect cubes? Something times something times something . Where the something is a factor 3 times.
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This is a piece of cake, if you have perfect cubes. What are perfect cubes?
This is a piece of cake, if you have perfect cubes. What are perfect cubes? Something times something times something. Where the something is a factor 3 times. 8 is 2 2 2, so 8 is a perfect cube. x6is x2 x2 x2 so x6 is a perfect cube. It is easy to see if a variable is a perfect cube, how?
This is a piece of cake, if you have perfect cubes. What are perfect cubes? Something times something times something. Where the something is a factor 3 times. 8 is 2 2 2, so 8 is a perfect cube. x6is x2 x2 x2 so x6 is a perfect cube. It is easy to see if a variable is a perfect cube, how? See if the exponent is divisible by 3. It’s harder for integers.
The sum or difference of two cubes will factor into a binomial trinomial. same sign always + always opposite same sign always + always opposite
Now we know how to get the signs, let’s work on what goes inside. Square this term to get this term. Cube root of 1st term Cube root of 2nd term Product of cube root of 1st term and cube root of 2nd term.
Try one. Make a binomial and a trinomial with the correct signs.
Try one. Cube root of 1st term Cube root of 2nd term
Try one. Square this term to get this term.
Try one. Multiply 3x an 5 to get this term.
Try one. Square this term to get this term.
Try one. You did it! Don’t forget the first rule of factoring is to look for the greatest common factor. I hope you took notes!