document.write( "Question 661795: Says to factor the difference of two squares. Assume that variables represent whole numbers.\r
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document.write( "Hi, there--\r\n" );
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document.write( "Factor this expression using the difference of two squares. Assume that variables represent whole numbers.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Answer:\r\n" );
document.write( "The difference of two square factoring method is useful when you have one expression \r\n" );
document.write( "subtracted from another AND you can write both expressions in the form of something-\r\n" );
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document.write( "In this case, you subtract 1 from (y-9}^2. Both of these can be written as something-squared:\r\n" );
document.write( " 1 = 1^2 and (y-9)^2 is already in that form. \r\n" );
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document.write( "Difference of two squares factors like this:\r\n" );
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document.write( "In your problem:\r\n" );
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document.write( "We can simplify this:\r\n" );
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