Question

How do you determine if a polynomial is the difference of two squares?

Answer 1

\[x^2-a^2\] <- this is difference of two scares

Answer 2

lol i mean squares

Answer 3

so that means if you find something that looks like\[x^2-C\]where C is some constant, take the square root of the number C and rewrite the expression as \[(x+\sqrt C)(x-\sqrt C)\]or if you look at myininaya's equations, hers becomes \[(x-a)(x+a)\]

Answer 4

I like "scares" better. Many students are afraid of them anyway.

Answer 5

lol :D

Answer 6

Thanks everyone!!!