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Algebra.Com's Answer #143143 by jim_thompson5910(35256)\"\" \"About 
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2811x%29%5E2-100y%5E2\" Rewrite \"121x%5E2\" as \"%2811x%29%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2811x%29%5E2-%2810y%29%5E2\" Rewrite \"100y%5E2\" as \"%2810y%29%5E2\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Notice how we have a difference of squares \"A%5E2-B%5E2\" where in this case \"A=11x\" and \"B=10y\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "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( "\"A%5E2-B%5E2=%28A%2BB%29%28A-B%29\" Start with the difference of squares formula.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"%2811x%29%5E2-%2810y%29%5E2=%2811x%2B10y%29%2811x-10y%29\" Plug in \"A=11x\" and \"B=10y\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So this shows us that \"121x%5E2-100y%5E2\" factors to \"%2811x%2B10y%29%2811x-10y%29\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "In other words \"121x%5E2-100y%5E2=%2811x%2B10y%29%2811x-10y%29\".
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