True or False?
The number 2744 can be expressed as the sum of two positive perfect cubes .
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The first step is to get the prime factors of this number:
2 7 4 4 ÷ 2 = 1 3 7 2
1 3 7 2 ÷ 2 = 6 8 6
6 8 6 ÷ 2 = 3 4 3
3 4 3 ÷ 7 = 4 9
4 9 ÷ 7 = 7
7 ÷ 7 = 1
Then, 2 7 4 4 = 2 3 ⋅ 7 3 , which means that it's a perfect cube.
By Fermat's Last Theorem, there is no perfect cube that can be expressed by the sum of other perfect cubes. In general:
a x + b x = c x have no positive integer solution, when x > 2 .