How do you factor $9x^2-121$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-05-01T17:23:49

Note that $9x^2 = (3x)^2$
and
$121 = 11^2$

So
$9x^2 -121$ is the difference of two squares.

In its general form the difference of two squares:
$(a^2-b^2) = (a+b)(a-b)$

So
$9x^2-121$
$= (3x)^2-11^2$
$= (3x+11)(3x-11)$

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