SOLUTION: Factoring polynominal help please x^3-343

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Question 858343: Factoring polynominal help please
x^3-343

Answer by Theo(13342) About Me  (Show Source):
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the cube root of 343 is 7.
your problem becomes:
(x^3 - 7^3)
this follows the form of (x^3 - a^3) = (x - a) * (x^2 + ax + a^2)
your factored equation is:
(x-7)(x^2+7x+49)
the following link discusses factoring of polynomials.
ahttp://www.wtamu.edu/academic/anns/mps/math/mathlab/col_algebra/col_alg_tut7_factor.htm
the particular sections involved in this type of problem are:
factoring the sum of two cubes.
factoring the difference of two cubes.
you can see the excerpts from those two sections below:
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the section is in the bottom 1/3 of the page from that link shown above.