Multiply then simplify, that's doing the same work twice...anyway
x^3+x^2y+xy^2-x^2y-xy^2-y^3
x^3-y^3 which if factored is:
(x-y)(x^2+xy+y^2) which is what you started with :)
-2 pennies, 4 nickels, 4 dimes
-2 pennies, 4 nickels, 3 dimes
-2 pennies, 4 nickels, 2 dimes
And so on. Do you kind of get the idea?
The perimeter of any shape is the distance all the way around it.
For a triangle, it's the sum of the three side lengths.
I would normally copy them into my answer and then add them up.
But you've set them up in such a beautiful table in the question,
you can just look at that list and add them up.
Add up all the x's : x + x + x = 3x
Add up all the plain numbers: -3 + 2 + 4 = 3
There's your perimeter . . . . . 3x + 3 .
The answer is C, because you multiply it by 4 which equals 192.
X/3/2/6/4
2/6/4/12/4
12/36/24/72/48
14/42\28/84/56
21/63/42/126/84
