High School

Factorize \(125x^6 + y^6\) using the sum or difference of two cubes.

A. \((5x^2 + y^2)(25x^4 - 45x^2 y^2 + y^4)\)
B. \((5x^3 + y^2)(25x^3 - 45x^2 y + y^2)\)
C. \((5x^3 + y^2)(25x^3 - 45x^2 y + y^2)\)
D. \((5x^3 + y^2)(25x^3 + 45x^2 y + y^2)\)

Answer :

Final answer:

The expression 125x^6 + y^6 can be factorised using the sum of two cubes formula to give (5x^2 + y^2)(25x^4 - 5x^2y^2 + y^4), which corresponds to option A.

Explanation:

The expression 125x^6 + y^6 can be factorised using the formula for the sum of two cubes, which states that a^3 + b^3 = (a + b)(a^2 - ab + b^2).

Here, you need to recognize that 125x^6 is (5x^2)^3 and y^6 is (y^2)^3.

You are then looking for the sum of two cubes.

So following the formula, the factorised expression will be (5x^2 + y^2)((5x^2)^2 - 5x^2*y^2 + (y^2)^2) which simplifies to (5x^2 + y^2)(25x^4 - 5x^2y^2 + y^4). Therefore, the correct answer is option (A).

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