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UKMT Mathematical Olympiad for Girls, 2015

Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Prove it United Kingdom

(a) Expand and simplify $(a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2)$ .

(b) Find the value of $\dfrac{2016^3 + 2015^3}{2016^2 - 2015^2}.$

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