Difference of Cubes
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Never done this before. I think people just remember this but here goes
A³ - B³ = (A-B)(A² +AB + B²)
Found an explanation which works for me. We have two cubes where their volumes are AxAxA and BxBxB.
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You can fit the blue on inside the orange one
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And now you can measure the 3 parts of the remaining area
So we start with
A³ - B³ = (A-B)A² + (A-B)AB + (A-B)B²
Which is has a factor of (A-B) so
A³ - B³ = (A-B)(A² + AB + B²)