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Which of the following is an example of a difference of two squares?

Group of answer choices


16m^3 - 1


25b^2 + 4


10x^2 - 169


49p^2 - 9

User Blacksad
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Answer:

(d) 49p² -9

Explanation:

You want to identify the difference of squares among the answer choices.

16m^3 -1

The odd exponent means the first term is not a square.

25b^2 +4

The plus sign (+) means the expression is not a difference. (It could be factored using complex numbers, but we expect you don't want to do that.)

10x^2 -169

The coefficient 10 is not a square.

49p^2 -9

This is the difference of squares: (7p)² -3².

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