SOLUTION: My question is 5x^3-1080 and I have to factor completely The furthest that I've gotten is 5(x^3-216) and my notes aren't really helping me. Thanks for the help, this is really

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Question 565162: My question is 5x^3-1080 and I have to factor completely
The furthest that I've gotten is 5(x^3-216) and my notes aren't really helping me.
Thanks for the help, this is really confusing me.

Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, mananth:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's factor


Start with the given expression.


Rewrite as . Rewrite as .


Now factor by using the difference of cubes formula. Remember the difference of cubes formula is


Multiply


So factors to .

In other words,

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So becomes


This means that fully factors to


In other words,
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Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


You have to use the difference of two cubes formula





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