Use the sum of cubes factoring rule

to transform the left hand side into the right hand side.


Throughout the entire process, the right hand side stayed the same.
On the last step, I used the pythagorean identity.
I got 12 because each time you are dividing the number in half. Half of 24 is 12.
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First remember that sum means to add. now think about the equation. we need to find 3 numbers that equal 159 when added together. And they are all consecutive odd numbers. so let's call the first number X. the second number would be X+2 since we have to jump over 1 even number. The third number would be X+4 since we have to jump over 2 even numbers. so now an equation to represent this would be X+(X+2)+(X+4)=159. Add like terms, and remember order of operations. if you need help getting the answers leave me a comment.