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(y + 2) (y-2)

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Y^2-4, using the foil method
User Joshua Fox
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(y+2)(y-2)

= y(y-2) + 2(y-2)

= y^2 - 2y + 2y - 4

= y^2 + 0 - 4

= y^2 - 4
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