SOLUTION: factor completely: 1-(x+2)^6

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Question 1085698: factor completely:
1-(x+2)^6
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20059) About Me  (Show Source):
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Write each term as a square:

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Factor as the difference of two squares:

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Factor those two factors as the difference and sum, respectively, 
of two cubes:



Now you finish simplifying that.

Edwin