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Factorise the following:

x3+x21x2+1x3x^3 + x^2 - \dfrac{1}{x^2} + \dfrac{1}{x^3}

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x3+x21x2+1x3=x3+1x3+x21x2x^3 + x^2 - \dfrac{1}{x^2} + \dfrac{1}{x^3} = x^3 + \dfrac{1}{x^3} + x^2 - \dfrac{1}{x^2}

We know that,

a2 - b2 = (a + b)(a - b)

a3 + b3 = (a + b)(a2 - ab + b2)

x3+1x3+x21x2=(x+1x)(x2x×1x+1x2)+(x+1x)(x1x)=(x+1x)(x21+1x2+x1x).\therefore x^3 + \dfrac{1}{x^3} + x^2 - \dfrac{1}{x^2} = \Big(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\Big)\Big(x^2 - x \times \dfrac{1}{x} + \dfrac{1}{x^2}\Big) + \Big(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\Big)\Big(x - \dfrac{1}{x}\Big) \\[1em] = \Big(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\Big)\Big(x^2 - 1 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} + x - \dfrac{1}{x}\Big).

Hence, x3+x21x2+1x3=(x+1x)(x21+1x2+x1x).x^3 + x^2 - \dfrac{1}{x^2} + \dfrac{1}{x^3} = \Big(x + \dfrac{1}{x}\Big)\Big(x^2 - 1 + \dfrac{1}{x^2} + x - \dfrac{1}{x}\Big).

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