Gina is in a hurry to get to her next class. If she takes a shortcut across the grass instead of following the sidewalk, how many yards does she save?

i think is 3 and 6. this took me 10 min to think.hope to and hope that my answer is brainliest.(follow me )

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answer:

(7 x + 6 y) (49 x^2 - 42 x y + 36 y^2)

discussion:

the trick is to recognize that 343 = 7^3 and 216 = 6^3 and, in general,

a^3 + b^3 =   (a + b) (a^2 - a b + b^2).

in our case

343x^3+216y^3   =   (7x)^3 + (6y)^3

so take a = 7x and b = 6y in the above equation to get the answer.

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mrb