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3 years ago

What is the justification for the first step in proving the formula for factoring the sum of cubes?

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Kamila [148]3 years ago

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Answer:

Option A is correct.

Step-by-step explanation:

The formula of $a^{3} + b^{3} = (a+b)(a^{2} -ab+b^{2} )$ can also be written as

= $a^{3} -a^{2} b+ab^{2} +ba^{2} -ab^{2} +b^{3}$

This is practically an example of distributive property of numbers where we can write as an example

(a + b ) ( c + d ) = ac + ad + bc + bd

or, ( a + b ) ( c − d ) = ac − ad + bc − bd

Therefore, option A is correct. (Answer)

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$3\left|x \ + \ 1 \right| \ < \ 9 \\ \\ \\\-\hspace{0.2cm} \left|x \ + \ 1 \right| \ < \ 3$ .

We, now, can simply visualise the straight line, $y \ = \ x \ + \ 1$ , as a line having its y-intercept at the point $(0, \ 1)$ and its x-intercept at the point $(-1, \ 0)$ . Then, imagine that the segment of the line where $x \ < \ 0$ to be reflected along the x-axis, and you get the graph of the absolute function $y \ = \ \left|x \ + \ 1 \right|$ .

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$``\text{For what \textbf{values of \textit{x}} will the absolute function \textbf{be less than 3}}"$ .

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Case 1 (when $x \ \geq \ 0$ )

$x \ + \ 1 \ < \ 3 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{0.9cm} x \ < \ 3 \ - \ 1 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{0.9cm} x \ < \ 2$

Case 2 (when $x \ < \ 0$ )

$-(x \ + \ 1) \ < \ 3 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{0.15cm} -x \ - \ 1 \ < \ 3 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{1cm} -x \ < \ 3 \ + \ 1 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{1cm} -x \ < \ 4 \\ \\ \\ \-\hspace{1.5cm} x \ > \ -4$

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negative numbers on both sides of the statement.

Therefore, the values of x that satisfy this inequality lie within the interval

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Similarly, on the real number line, the interval is shown below.

The use of open circles (as in the graph) indicates that the interval highlighted on the number line does not include its boundary value (-4 and 2) since the inequality is expressed as "less than", but not "less than or equal to". Contrastingly, close circles (circles that are coloured) show the inclusivity of the boundary values of the inequality.

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