Thursday, February 02, 2006

Difference of two perfect squares

Factor using difference of two perfect square s


A. y² - 64 (this is the difference of two perfect squares)

Like we said in class, NAIL IT DOWN, with this ( + ) ( - )


Now, what is the square root of y²? it is y; the square root of 64 is 8

So the final answer would be ( y – 8) ( y + 8)

B. 25x² - 4y² (Difference of two perfect squares)

ANSWER: ( 5x + 2y) (5x – 2y)

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