How do you factor $x^9 - y^3z^5$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-14T03:57:04

There is no meaningful way to factor this.

At the moment, this expression is as factored as it is going to get.

However, if the question were to factor $x^9-y^3z^6$ , it could be factored as a difference of cubes:

$x^9-y^3z^6=(x^3-yz^2)(x^6+x^3yz^2+y^2z^4)$

How do you factor x^9 - y^3z^5x^9 - y^3z^5?