Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Mid-Chapter Check Point - Page 71: 32

Answer

$y(4-y)(16+4y+y^{2})$ or $-y(y-4)(16+4y+y^{2})$

Work Step by Step

Factor out $y,$ $64 y-y^{4}=y(64-y^{3})$ Recognize 64 as a cube, $64=4^{3}$, so the parentheses hold a difference of cubes, for which we use $a^{3}-b^{3}=(a-b)(a^{2}+ab+b^{2})$ $=y\cdot(4-y)(4^{2}+4y+y^{2})$ $=y(4-y)(16+4y+y^{2})$ or, factoring -1 out of the first parentheses, = $-y(y-4)(16+4y+y^{2})$
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