SOLUTION: what is x2+2xy-y2 in factored form?

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Question 535675: what is x2+2xy-y2 in factored form?
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would be a popular, easier factorization, but

and that looks strange.
It can be calculated as

or as
with
finding the roots of the polynomial with the quadratic formula as

Then
and

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