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OpenStudy (anonymous):

625r^6-5q^6

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Is it to be factorised???

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes im sorry

OpenStudy (turingtest):

what about it? this is pretty much simplified already. you could factor this into\[(25r^3-\sqrt{5}q^3)(25r^3+\sqrt{5}q^3)\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

u have the answer just dont know if it is right, i get lost after i find the lcm

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i have i mean

OpenStudy (turingtest):

I just factored it with the difference of squares. recognize that this is like a^2-b^2 factors into (a-b)(a+b)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

i didnt get that answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

maybe i messed up multiplying

OpenStudy (turingtest):

so just take the square root of each term 625r^6 and 5q^6 and put it in this form: (25r3−5√q3)(25r3+5√q3) I see nop other way to factor this.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea thats along the line i got turnigtest

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Delta_r = 13904571533203125000000 q^30

OpenStudy (anonymous):

r = ((-1)^(1/3) q)/sqrt(5)

OpenStudy (turingtest):

\[(25r^3-\sqrt{5}q^3)(25r^3+\sqrt{5}q^3)=625r^6-25\sqrt{5}q^3r^3+25\sqrt{5}q^3r^3-5q^6\]

OpenStudy (turingtest):

which gives you your original expression

OpenStudy (anonymous):

5(5r^2-q^2)(25r^4+5r^2q^@+q^4

OpenStudy (anonymous):

something along that line lol

OpenStudy (anonymous):

minus the typos. thanks for the help

OpenStudy (turingtest):

don't factor out the 5 first if you can help it. that makes the first coefficient 125 which is no longer a perfect square. Just follow the format: a^2-b^2 factors into (a-b)(a+b)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

625r^6-5q^6 = 5(125r^6 - q^6) = 5 [(5r^2)^3 - (q^2)^3] using a^3 - b^3 = (a - b) (a^2 + ab + b^2) = 5 [(5r^2 - q^2)(25r^4 + 5r^2q^2 + q^4)] = 5(5r^2 - q^2)(25r^4 + 5r^2q^2 + q^4) Hope this is clear.....

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yea i think i just messed up on the factoring part

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