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header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>(a-b) ^3 formula \u2013 Derivation &#8211; solved examples &#8211; FAQ<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.13.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#a01414&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px|15px|54px|4px|false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><b><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^3<\/span> formula<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The formula for the expansion of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^3<\/span> is <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\left(a^{3}+3 a b^{2}-3 a^{2} b-b^{3}\\right)<\/span>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the formula for the cube of the difference between two numbers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Derivation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can write <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^{3}<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as the product of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> multiplied with itself three times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^{3}=(a-b)(a-b)(a-b)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\rightarrow(a-b)^{3}=\\left(a^{2}+b^{2}-2 a b\\right)(a-b)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\rightarrow(a-b)^{3}=\\left(a^{3}+a b^{2}-2 a^{2} b-a^{2} b-b^{3}+2 a b^{2}\\right)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\rightarrow(a-b)^{3}=\\left(a^{3}+3 a b^{2}-3 a^{2} b-b^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence the expansion of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^{3} \\text { is }\\left(a^{3}+3 a b^{2}-3 a^{2} b-b^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Check<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us take <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a=9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b=5<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\mathrm{LHS}=(a-b)^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=(9-5)^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=4^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=64<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\text { RHS }=a^{3}+3 a b^{2}-3 a^{2} b-b^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=9^{3}+3 \\times 9 \\times 5^{2}-3 \\times 9^{2} \\times 5-5^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=729+675-1215-125 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=729+675-1215-125 <\/span>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=64<\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LHS = RHS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\text { Hence }(a-b)^{3}=\\left(a^{3}+3 a b^{2}-3 a^{2} b-b^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Physical representation<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suppose there is a cube of side \u201ca\u201d cm. If we shorten each side by \u201cb\u201d cm, then the volume of the resultant cube is equal to<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-b)^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>Solved Examples<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\text { 1. Expand }(2 a-b)^{3}<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\n(2 a-b)^{3} =\\left((2 a)^{3}+3(2 a) b^{2}-3(2 a)^{2} b-b^{3}\\right) <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=8 a^{3}+6 a b^{2}-12 a^{2} b-b^{3}\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Find the value of <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\left(m^{3}-n^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if m-n = 5 and mn=36<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(m-n)^{3} =\\left(m^{3}+3 m n^{2}-3 m^{2} n-n^{3}\\right) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\u00a0\\rightarrow(m-n)^{3}=m^{3}-n^{3}-3 m n(m-n) <\/span>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\rightarrow m^{3}-n^{3}=(m-n)^{3}+3 m n(m-n) <\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\rightarrow m^{3}-n^{3}=(5)^{3}+3 \\times 36 \\times 5 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\"> \\rightarrow m^{3}-n^{3}=125+540=665<\/span>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\left(m^{3}-n^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is equal to 665<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Expand <span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-3 b)^{3}+(4 a-b)^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-3 b)^{3}=\\left((a)^{3}+3(a)(3 b)^{2}-3(a)^{2}(3 b)-(3 b)^{3}\\right)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=a^{3}+27 a b^{2}-9 a^{2} b-9 b^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(4 a-b)^{3}=\\left((4 a)^{3}+3(4 a) b^{2}-3(4 a)^{2} b-b^{3}\\right) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=64 a^{3}+12 a b^{2}-48 a^{2} b-b^{3} <\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">(a-3 b)^{3}+(4 a-b)^{3}\u00a0 =\\left(a^{3}+27 a b^{2}-9 a^{2} b-9 b^{3}\\right)+\\left(64 a^{3}+12 a b^{2}-48 a^{2} b-b^{3}\\right) <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">=65 a^{3}+29 a b^{2}-57 a^{2} b-10 b^{3}<\/span><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"katex-eq\" data-katex-display=\"false\">\\text { Hence, }(a-3 b)^{3}+(4 a-b)^{3} \\text { is equal to } 65 a^{3}+29 a b^{2}-57 a^{2} b-10 b^{3}<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; 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