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Question 230977: Hello my name is Crystal, I need help can you please tell me. How do you determine if a polynomial is the difference of two squares?
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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How do you determine if a polynomial is the difference of two squares?
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It has two terms separated by an negative sign.
Each of the two terms is a perfect square.
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Example:
16x^2 - 49 is a "difference of squares".
It factors as (4x-7)(4x+7)
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Cheers,
Stan H.