Please help work me through this! *MEDALS*
A^3 + b^3 = (a+b)(a^2-2ab+b^2)

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Please help work me through this! *MEDALS*
A^3 + b^3 = (a+b)(a^2-2ab+b^2)

anonymous · Answer

You have to distribute, so first, a times a^2 would be a^3 and then a times -2ab would be -2a^2b and then a times b^2 would be ab^2 so the first part would be a^3-2a^2b+ab^2 and then can you distribute the b?

anonymous · Answer

Wait a minute... how did you first go from a^2 to a^3?

anonymous · Answer

Because you have to multiply each term, so a times a^2 would be like a x a x a so a^3

anonymous · Answer

Idk if you learned this but when you distribute to draw arrows from each parentheses to each term, that might help you to multiply each factor

anonymous · Answer

Yes, I know how to distribute. It's just that I've been studying polynomials and binomials... so I don't know if distributing is what I'm supposed to do