Solution - Properties of a straight line

Reformatting the input :

Changes made to your input should not affect the solution:

 (1): "y3"   was replaced by   "y^3".  1 more similar replacement(s).

Rearrange:

Rearrange the equation by subtracting what is to the right of the equal sign from both sides of the equation :

                     x^3-(y^3)=0 

Step  1  :

Trying to factor as a Difference of Cubes:

 1.1      Factoring:  x³-y³ 

Theory : A difference of two perfect cubes,  a³ - b³ can be factored into
              (a-b) • (a² +ab +b²)

Proof :  (a-b)•(a²+ab+b²) =
            a³+a²b+ab²-ba²-b²a-b³ =
            a³+(a²b-ba²)+(ab²-b²a)-b³ =
            a³+0+0-b³ =
            a³-b³

Check :  x³ is the cube of   x¹

Check :  y³ is the cube of   y¹

Factorization is :
             (x - y)  •  (x² + xy + y²) 

Trying to factor a multi variable polynomial :

 1.2    Factoring    x² + xy + y² 

Try to factor this multi-variable trinomial using trial and error 

 Factorization fails

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (x - y) • (x2 + xy + y2)  = 0 

Step  2  :

Theory - Roots of a product :

 2.1    A product of several terms equals zero. 

 When a product of two or more terms equals zero, then at least one of the terms must be zero. 

 We shall now solve each term = 0 separately 

 In other words, we are going to solve as many equations as there are terms in the product 

 Any solution of term = 0 solves product = 0 as well.

Equation of a Straight Line

 2.2     Solve   x-y  = 0

Tiger recognizes that we have here an equation of a straight line. Such an equation is usually written y=mx+b ("y=mx+c" in the UK).

"y=mx+b" is the formula of a straight line drawn on Cartesian coordinate system in which "y" is the vertical axis and "x" the horizontal axis.

In this formula :

y tells us how far up the line goes
x tells us how far along
m is the Slope or Gradient i.e. how steep the line is
b is the Y-intercept i.e. where the line crosses the Y axis

The X and Y intercepts and the Slope are called the line properties. We shall now graph the line  x-y  = 0 and calculate its properties

Graph of a Straight Line :

Calculate the Y-Intercept :

Notice that when x = 0 the value of y is 0/-1 so this line "cuts" the y axis at y=-0.00000

  y-intercept = 0/-1  = -0.00000 

Calculate the X-Intercept :

When y = 0 the value of x is 0/1 Our line therefore "cuts" the x axis at x= 0.00000

  x-intercept = 0/1  =  0.00000 

Calculate the Slope :

Slope is defined as the change in y divided by the change in x. We note that for x=0, the value of y is 0.000 and for x=2.000, the value of y is 2.000. So, for a change of 2.000 in x (The change in x is sometimes referred to as "RUN") we get a change of 2.000 - 0.000 = 2.000 in y. (The change in y is sometimes referred to as "RISE" and the Slope is m = RISE / RUN)

     Slope     = 1

Solving a Single Variable Equation :

 2.3     Solve   x²+xy+y²  = 0

In this type of equations, having more than one variable (unknown), you have to specify for which variable you want the equation solved.

We shall not handle this type of equations at this time.

Geometric figure: Straight Line

1.   Slope = 1
2.   x-intercept = 0/1 = 0.00000
3.   y-intercept = 0/-1 = -0.00000