SOLUTION: Please help me factor completely the following: 1/4x^2-25/36

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Question 129073: Please help me factor completely the following: 1/4x^2-25/36
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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Factor completely:
%281%2F4%29x%5E2-25%2F36 Rewrite this as:
%28x%5E2%2F4-25%2F36%29 Now you have the difference of two squares:
%28x%2F2%29%5E2+-+%285%2F6%29%5E2 which can be factored as:
%28x%2F2%2B5%2F6%29%28x%2F2-5%2F6%29