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Show that 1944 is not a perfect cube - Mathematics

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Question

Show that 1944 is not a perfect cube

Sum
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Solution

2 1944
2 972
2 486
3 243
3 81
3 27
3 9
3 3
  1

1944 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3

= `bar(2 xx 2 xx 2) xx bar(3 xx 3 xx 3) xx 3 xx 3`

= 23 × 33 × 3 × 3

There are two triplets to make further triplets we need one more 3.

∴ 1944 is not a perfect cube.

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Chapter 1: Numbers - Exercise 1.5 [Page 39]

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Samacheer Kalvi Mathematics [English] Class 8 TN Board
Chapter 1 Numbers
Exercise 1.5 | Q 3 | Page 39
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