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What are the factors of x2 − 25?

(x − 5)(x − 5)
(x + 5)(x − 5)
(x − 1)(x + 25)
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The answer to this question is:

(x+5)(x-5)
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(x + 5) ( x - 5)

Since there is no middle term, we know that the factors are essentially opposites of each other.
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