Sophie would’ve earned more
She would’ve earned $37 more
Calculations:
Sophie:
$330(1+4%*2)
=$356
Simple interest: $356-$330
=$26
Avi:
$290(1+5%*2)
=$319
Simply interest: $319-$290
=$29
$29-$26
=$3
Since both terms are perfect cubes, factor using the difference of cubes formula,
a
3
−
b
3
=
(
a
−
b
)
(
a
2
+
a
b
+
b
2
)
a
3
-
b
3
=
(
a
-
b
)
(
a
2
+
a
b
+
b
2
)
where
a
=
x
2
a
=
x
2
and
b
=
y
b
=
y
.
(
x
2
−
y
)
(
(
x
2
)
2
+
x
2
y
+
y
2
)
(
x
2
-
y
)
(
(
x
2
)
2
+
x
2
y
+
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2
)
Multiply the exponents in
(
x
2
)
2
(
x
2
)
2
.
The last one is thea answer