2006 AMC 12A Problems/Problem 2

The following problem is from both the 2006 AMC 12A #2 and 2006 AMC 10A #2, so both problems redirect to this page.

Problem

Define $x\otimes y=x^3-y$ . What is $h\otimes (h\otimes h)$ ?

$\textbf{(A)}\ -h\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 0\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ h\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 2h\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ h^3$

Solution

By the definition of $\otimes$ , we have $h\otimes h=h^{3}-h$ . Then, $h\otimes (h\otimes h)=h\otimes (h^{3}-h)=h^{3}-(h^{3}-h)=h$ . The answer is $\mathrm{(C)}$ .

Solution 2

Substitute $1$ for $h$ . You get $1^3-(1^3-1)$ which is $1$ . That is $h$ , so the answer is $\mathrm{(C)}$ . ~dragoon also aop is a god

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