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OpenStudy (anonymous):

-81p^2+18pq-q^2

OpenStudy (saifoo.khan):

\[-(q-9 p)^2 \]

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Mind telling me how you got that?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

\[-81p^2+18pq-q^2=-(81p^2-18pq+q^2)\] We know that \[(a-b)^2=a^2-2ab+b^2\] We try \[a^2=81p^2 \Rightarrow a=9p\] \[b^2=q^2 \Rightarrow b=q\] We verify \[2ab=2(9p)q=18pq\] So \[-(81p^2-18pq+q^2)=-(q-9p)^2\]

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