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X^2-48=(x-b)(x+b), what's the value of 'b'
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X^2-48=(x-b)(x+b), what's the value of 'b'

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x^2-48 can be viewed as a difference of squares which would factor to:

(x+√48)(x-√48)

So b=√48
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