SOLUTION: factor polynomial completely -8a^2+8b^2

Question 392074: factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
Found 3 solutions by mananth, unlockmath, stanbon:
Answer by mananth(16946)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca
Answer by unlockmath(1688)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hello,
With this one -8a^2+8b^2
We can pull out -8 to get:
-8(a^2-b^2)
Now we can further factor by:
-8(a-b)(a+b)
Got it?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
-8(a^2-b^2)
= -8(a-b)(a+b)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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