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prealgebra senior
Problem
The sum equals
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Solution
Lets set our original expression equal to . So . Cubing this gives us So we have . We can easily see that 1 is a root of this polynomial. By synthetic division, the new polynomial is , which has no real roots. Thus . Since 1 is not A-D, our answer is .
Final answer
E