SOLUTION: factor polynomial completely -8a^2+8b^2

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Question 392074: factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
Found 3 solutions by mananth, unlockmath, stanbon:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
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-8%28a%5E2-b%5E2%29
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-8%28%28a%2Bb%29%28a-b%29%29
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m.ananth@hotmail.ca

Answer by unlockmath(1688) About Me  (Show Source):
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Hello,
With this one -8a^2+8b^2
We can pull out -8 to get:
-8(a^2-b^2)
Now we can further factor by:
-8(a-b)(a+b)
Got it?
RJ
www.math-unlock.com

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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factor polynomial completely
-8a^2+8b^2
-8(a^2-b^2)
= -8(a-b)(a+b)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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