document.write( "Question 1162832: x^2 - 2x +1 - 100y^4 = ?\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer Choices:
\n" ); document.write( "a) (100y^2 + x - 1)(-100y^2 + x - 1)
\n" ); document.write( "b) (x^2 - 3x)(1 - 100y^4)
\n" ); document.write( "c) (3x + 1)(x^2 - 100y^4)
\n" ); document.write( "d) x(x-3) -1(1 - 100y^4)
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\n" ); document.write( "None of the answer choices is correct.

\n" ); document.write( "Answer choices b, c, and d make no sense at all...!

\n" ); document.write( "I suspect answer choice a was supposed to be the right answer; but you don't show it right in your post.

\n" ); document.write( "I will assume that answer choice a is supposed to be

\n" ); document.write( "\"%2810y%5E2%2Bx-1%29%28-10y%5E2%2Bx-1%29\"

\n" ); document.write( "Then you can see that it is right be rewriting it:

\n" ); document.write( "\"%2810y%5E2%2Bx-1%29%28-10y%5E2%2Bx-1%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-1%2B10y%5E2%29%28x-1-10y%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28%28x-1%29%2B10y%5E2%29%28%28x-1%29-10y%5E2%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"%28x-1%29%5E2-%2810y%5E2%29%5E2\" [using the pattern \"%28a%2Bb%29%28a-b%29+=+a%5E2-b%5E2\"]
\n" ); document.write( "\"x%5E2-2x%2B1-100y%5E4\"

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