How do you factor $25x^2 - 100$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-23T10:15:30

$25x^2 - 100$
We know that $color(green)(a^2 - b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)$

$25x^2 - 100 = (5x)^2 - (10)^2$

$(5x)^2 - (10)^2 = color(green)((5x+10)(5x-10)$ , is the factorised form.

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