SOLUTION: I missed a week of school because I got a concussion. Right now we are factoring differences of perfect squares and I'm extremely confused on what to do. If you could teach me how

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Question 1026598: I missed a week of school because I got a concussion. Right now we are factoring differences of perfect squares and I'm extremely confused on what to do. If you could teach me how to do one problem I could probably have it down and I would appreciate that a lot.
a^2-36
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
factoring differences of perfect squares :: a^2 - 36
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Factors:: (a-6)(a+6)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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