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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how do you find the real or imaginary solutions to s^3+27=0?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

I think in this case it would be sum of cubes \[(a+b)(a ^{2}-ab+b ^{2})\]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im sorry , I dont know what that means ..):

OpenStudy (anonymous):

When you have a sum of cubes, like a^3+b^3, that factors out to \[(a+b)(a ^{2}-ab+b ^{2})\]In this problem, because s^3 and 27 are both cubes of a number, they can be factored and x can be found.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the answer to this problem is \[(s+3)(s ^{2}-3s+9)=0\]You can then solve for one of the s's immediately and use the quadratic formula to find the imaginary roots

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