document.write( "Question 327014: can you help with the following problem and show steps please
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y^8 - 16y^5
\n" ); document.write( "Factor out common terms.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%5E8y+-+16y%5E5=y%5E9-16y%5E5\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%5E8y+-+16y%5E5=y%5E5%28y%5E4-16%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The term in parenthese is the difference of two squares,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%5E8y+-+16y%5E5=y%5E5%28y%5E2%2B4%29%28y%5E2-2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "The final term is also a difference of two squares,\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"y%5E8y+-+16y%5E5=y%5E5%28y%5E2%2B4%29%28y-sqrt%282%29%29%28y%2Bsqrt%282%29%29\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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