SOLUTION: Multiply: (y-4)^2

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Question 371278: Multiply:
(y-4)^2

Answer by jsmallt9(3758)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You could write it like
(y-4)(y-4)
and then use FOIL. Or you could use the pattern

with the "a" being y and the "b" being 4. I like using the pattern:

which simplifies to:

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