A sum of cubes

A sum of cubes

4 marks
TGM Original
Factorise x3+8 as fully as possible over the real numbers. Justify why your factorisation is complete.

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Answer:\((x+2)(x^2-2x+4)\); the quadratic discriminant is \(-12<0\).

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