<PRE><B>Question 1052045</B>
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determine is this is true or false and why
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x-1 is a factor of x^80-1   &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;TRUE


x-1 is a factor of x^79-1   &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;TRUE



See the lesson 

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=&gt;Factoring the binomials x^n-a^n&lt;/A&gt; 

in this site.


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