SOLUTION: Factor the expression, if possible. x^4 - 1296 Please enter "prime ", if the expression cannot be factored.

Question 103787This question is from textbook beginning and intermediate algebra
: Factor the expression, if possible.
x^4 - 1296

Please enter "prime ", if the expression cannot be factored.

This question is from textbook beginning and intermediate algebra

Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To factor this, simply use the difference of squares

So let a=x^2 (it is the square root of ) and b=36 (it is the square root of 1296) to get

Now factor to . Again use the difference of squares to factor

So factors to
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