How do you expand the binomial (4x4y)3?

1 Answer
Oct 23, 2016

64x3192x2y+192xy264y3

Explanation:

The cubic difference of a binomial is:
(ab)3=a33a2b+3ab2b

(4x4y)3=(4x)33(4x)2(4y)+3(4x)(4y)2_(4y)3
(4x4y)3=64x33(16x2)(4y)+3(4x)(16y2)64y3
(4x4y)3=64x3192x2y+192xy264y3

There is not like polynomials in the above expanded form
hint: x2yxy2