SOLUTION: You can multiply two numbers by rewriting the numbers as the difference of two squares. For example: 36 x 24 = (30 + 6)(30 - 6) = 30^2 - 6^2 = 900

SOLUTION: You can multiply two numbers by rewriting the numbers as the difference of two squares. For example: 36 x 24 = (30 + 6)(30 - 6) = 30^2 - 6^2 = 900 - 36 = 864 Use this method to

Question 399794: You can multiply two numbers by rewriting the numbers as the difference of two squares. For example: 36 x 24 = (30 + 6)(30 - 6) = 30^2 - 6^2 = 900 - 36 = 864
Use this method to multiply 27 x 19. Explain how you rewrote the numbers..
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use this method to multiply 27 x 19. Explain how you rewrote the numbers..
27+19=46
46/2 =23
...
(23+4)(23-4)
=23^2-4^2
=529-16
=513
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