SOLUTION: Completely factor y16-y12. The 16 and 12 are supposed to represent sixteenths and twelfths.

Question 77054: Completely factor y16-y12. The 16 and 12 are supposed to represent sixteenths and twelfths.
Answer by chitra(359) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The given expression is:

This can be written as:

This above equation is of the form which can be written as:

(a + b) * (a - b)

==>

Thus, the expansion.(complete factorisation)

Hence, the solution.

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