Before using a cube identity, rewrite both terms explicitly as perfect cubes. For a sum, the binomial keeps the plus sign, while the quadratic factor uses a negative middle term and positive square terms. That alternating sign is what makes the mixed terms cancel when the factors are expanded.
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