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Which is the correct factorised form of a³ + b³?

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Correct answer: (a + b)(a² − ab + b²)

The correct answer is A: a³ + b³ = (a + b)(a² − ab + b²). This is the sum-of-cubes identity, u³ + v³ = (u + v)(u² − uv + v²). Substitute u = a and v = b. The first factor must be a + b because the expression is a sum. In the second factor, the middle term has a minus sign. Verify by multiplication: a(a² − ab + b²) + b(a² − ab + b²) gives a³ − a²b + ab² + a²b − ab² + b³. The unlike middle terms cancel, leaving a³ + b³. Option B is the difference-of-cubes identity and gives a³ − b³. Option C leaves extra terms instead of cancelling them. Option D has both the wrong first sign and wrong middle sign. Memory cue: for a sum of cubes, signs are plus, minus, plus across the two factors: (a+b)(a²−ab+b²).

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Sum Of CubesAlgebraic IdentityFactorisationExploring Algebraic IdentitiesMathematicsClass 9 Mcq

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