document.write( "Question 153260: 4x^2-81 \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #112794 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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Do you want to factor this?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x%5E2-81\" Start with the given expression.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282x%29%5E2-81\" Rewrite \"4x%5E2\" as \"%282x%29%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282x%29%5E2-%289%29%5E2\" Rewrite \"81\" as \"%289%29%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Notice how we have a difference of squares. So let's use the difference of squares formula \"A%5E2-B%5E2=%28A%2BB%29%28A-B%29\" to factor the expression:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%282x%2B9%29%282x-9%29\" Factor the expression using the difference of squares.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So \"4x%5E2-81\" factors to \"%282x%2B9%29%282x-9%29\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words \"4x%5E2-81=%282x%2B9%29%282x-9%29\".
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