SOLUTION: hi, i was given the question : (8x^3-27)/(2x-3) I'm not sure how to do this problem. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Question 385103: hi, i was given the question :
(8x^3-27)/(2x-3)
I'm not sure how to do this problem. Help would be greatly appreciated.
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You should recognize the numerator as the "difference of cubes" which can be factored to

:
Now you can see the (2x-3) can be canceled leaving:
4x^2 + 6x + 9
:
:
If you are not familiar with special factoring, look up "difference of cubes" in the index of your book and they will tell you about special factoring
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