SOLUTION: Factor completely. Use ^ to denote exponents, parentheses and do NOT use spaces. x^3+27

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Question 78999: Factor completely. Use ^ to denote exponents, parentheses and do NOT use spaces.
x^3+27
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Notice this is a sum of cubes if you let A=x and B=3 to get
A%5E3%2BB%5E3=%28A%2BB%29%28A%5E2-AB%2BB%5E2%29

So we get

x%5E3%2B3%5E3=%28x%2B3%29%28x%5E2-3x%2B3%5E2%29

Which simplifies to:

x%5E3%2B3%5E3=%28x%2B3%29%28x%5E2-3x%2B9%29