document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1052945>Question 1052945</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Find the values for integers a and b that make the following equation true.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(8m^2+4)(8m^2-4) = am^4+b\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have already simplified it to 64m^4-16=am^4+b. Now I am stuck on what to do next.  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #668230 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=668230\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 64m^4-16=am^4+b.  Rewrite by putting the right side directly below the left.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "=am^4+b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you see that a must equal 64 and b=-16?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "64m^4 is in the form am^4+b, where a is 64 and b is -16. </SPAN>\n" );
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