document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=693710>Question 693710</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> the cube root of 8x to the 3rd-1 = 2x-1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i already tried cubing both sides of the equation to get rid of the radical then then i was left with:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x to the 3rd -1= 8x to the 3rd -12x to the 2nd +6x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( " this is where i got stuck what did i do wrong above? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "8x^3-1 = (2x-1)^3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(2x-1)^3 = (2x-1)(4x^2-4x+1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x^3-8x^2+2x-4x^2+4x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "8x^3-12x^2+6x-1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8x^3 - 1 = 8x^3 - 12x^2 + 6x - 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = 8x^3 - 8x^3 - 12x^2 + 6x - 1 + 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = -12x^2 + 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = -6x(2x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "0 = 2x-1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 0<BR>\n" );
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