Question 1

Paper 1, no calculatorMedium7 marks
(a)

Show that 33−23=3(2)2+3(2)+13^3-2^3=3(2)^2+3(2)+1

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(b)

For x∈Rx\in\mathbb R prove by starting with the left-hand side and transforming it that (x+1)3−x3(x+1)^3-x^3 simplifies to 3x2+3x+13x^2+3x+1 In your final line, use the appropriate symbol to indicate that this is an identity.

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(c)

Hence determine 213−20321^3-20^3

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