Name ____Zachary kertesz______________ Date____2/1/2021_______

Polynomial Functions
Polynomial Identities – Part 2
Independent Practice

1. Show that ( a−b ) ( a 2+ ab+b2 ) =a3 −b3.

If you simplify the work out in the first equation you get (a3rd -b3rd)=(a3rd-b3rd)

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2. Catherine was proving that ( x 2 + y 2 ) −( 2 xy )2=( x 2− y 2 ) for any x and y. Her work is shown below.
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( x 2 + y 2 ) −( 2 xy )2=( x 2− y 2 )
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x 4 +2 x 2 y 2 + y 4 −2 x 2 y 2=( x 2− y 2 )
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x 4 + y 4 =( x 2 + y 2 )
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x 4 + y 4 =( x 2 ) + ( y 2 )
x 4 + y 4 =x 4 + y 4

Circle Catherine’s mistake(s) and justify your answer.

It should be

3. Use polynomial identities to match the expressions on the left with their equivalent expression on the right.

A. ( 8 x−5 y ) ( 8 x +5 y )
______C______ 64 x 3−125 y 3
B. ( 8 x−5 y )2
______D_____64 x 2 +80 xy +25 y 2
C. ( 4 x−5 y)(16 x 2 +20 xy+ 25 y 2)
______A_____64 x 2−25 y 2
D. ( 8 x +5 y )2
______E______64 x 3 +125 y 3
E. ( 4 x+5 y )(16 x 2−20 xy+ 25 y 2)
______B_____64 x 2−80 xy +25 y 2

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4. Use polynomial identities to factor and write equivalent expressions for the following polynomials.

Part A: 432 m 7 n3−147 m n9

Part B: 81 r 10−198 r 5 k 6 +121 k 12

Part C: 27 x 3+ 8

5. Use polynomial identities to complete the following procedure.

( x 3−144 )−(512− y 2 )

x 3−144+ y 2+ ¿

( x 3−512 ) +( y 2−144)

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