SOLUTION: How do you determine if a polynomial is the difference of two squares? Please Explain

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Question 448947: How do you determine if a polynomial is the difference of two squares?
Please Explain

Answer by TheDoctor(14) About Me  (Show Source):
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A polynomial is the difference of two squares if it has exactly two positive terms and there is a minus sign between them. Typically the situations that arise in beginning and intermediate algebra have two terms that are each perfect squares so that the conjugate pair factorization is nice and tidy, thus:
x%5E2+-+4
However any positive number is the square of something, even if it isn't rational.
Hence,
x%5E3+-+y