SOLUTION: Factor Completely 54x^3+16y^3 Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Question 169325: Factor Completely 54x^3+16y^3
Any help will be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Factor completely:
First, factor a 2 from the expression.
Do you notice that the parentheses contain the sum of two cubes? You can rewrite this to see it better:
Now the sum of two cubes can be factored nicely as:
so, applying this to your expression, we get:
...and there you have it!
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