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Simplify ( 7x+5y)^3–(7x–5y)^3–30y(7x+5y)(7x–5y)^3

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Answer:

-72030x⁴y +18750y⁵ +102900x³y² -52500xy⁴ +1470x²y +250y³

Explanation:

You want to simplify (7x+5y)^3–(7x–5y)^3–30y(7x+5y)(7x–5y)^3.

Substitutions

We recognize that there are some repeated expressions here that may make it easier to simplify this without multiplying it all out.

Let a = 7x+5y, b = 7x -5y. Then the expression becomes ...

a³ -b³ -30y·a·b³

= (a³ -b³) -30yb²(ab)

= (a -b)(a² +ab +b²) -30yb²·ab

Now ...

a -b = (7x +5y) -(7x -5y) = 10y

a² +b² +ab = (7x +5y)² +(7x -5y)² +(7x +5y)(7x -5y)

= (7x)² +2(7x)(5y) +(5y)² +(7x)² -2(7x)(5y) +(5y)² +(7x)² -(5y)²

= 3(7x)² +(5y)² = 147x² +25y²

So the first pair of terms expands to ...

a³ -b³ = 10y(147x² +25y²) = 1470x²y +250y³

The last term becomes (with a positive sign) ...

30yb²(ab) = 30y(7x -5y)²((7x)² -(5y)²)

= 30y((7x)² -2(7x)(5y) +(5y)²)((7x)² -(5y)²) . . . . see comment below

= 30y((7x)⁴ -(5y)⁴ -70xy((7x)² -(5y)²))

= 72030x⁴y -18750y⁵ -102900x³y² +52500xy⁴

Simplified expression

Putting it all together gives ...

= -72030x⁴y +18750y⁵ +102900x³y² -52500xy⁴ +1470x²y +250y³

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Additional comment

The difference of squares form is used several times here:

p² -q² = (p -q)(p +q)

The expression ((7x)² -2(7x)(5y) +(5y)²)((7x)² -(5y)²) is decomposed to ...

((7x)² +(5y)²)·((7x)² -(5y)²) - 2(7x)(5y)((7x)² -(5y)²)

This lets us use the difference of squares form to simplify at least part of the expression. This whole thing gets multiplied by -30y.

Simplify ( 7x+5y)^3–(7x–5y)^3–30y(7x+5y)(7x–5y)^3-example-1
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