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Using suitable identity multiply:

9x2 + 25y2 + 15xy + 12x – 20y + 16 by 3x – 5y – 4

Given: 9x2 + 25y2 + 15xy + 12x – 20y + 16 and 3x –5y– 4


So, we have,


(3x – 5y – 4) (9x2 + 25y2 + 15xy + 12x – 20y + 16)


[3x + (– 5y) + (– 4)] [(3x)2 + (– 5y)2 + (– 4)2 – (3x) (– 5y) – (– 5y) (– 4) – (– 4) (3x)]


Using identity:


a3 + b3 + c3 – 3abc = (a + b + c) (a2 +b2 +c2 –ab –bc– ca)


We have,


= (3x)3 + (– 5y)3 + (– 4)3 – 3(3x) (– 5y) (– 4)


= 27x3 – 125y3 – 64 – 180xy


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