SOLUTION: Factor Completly: 9x^4-25x^2

Question 200145: Factor Completly: 9x^4-25x^2
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given expression

Factor out the GCF

Now let's focus on the inner expression

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Start with the given expression.

Rewrite as .

Rewrite as .

Notice how we have a difference of squares where in this case and .

So let's use the difference of squares formula to factor the expression:

Start with the difference of squares formula.

Plug in and .

So this shows us that factors to .

In other words .

This means that factors further to
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Answer:

So completely factors to

In other words,
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