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Instructions: Determine if the polynomial represents a Difference of Squares or Perfect Square Trinomial.

Instructions: Determine if the polynomial represents a Difference of Squares or Perfect-example-1
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Notice that


25x^2-1=5^2x^2-1=(5x+1)(5x-1)

Therefore, 25x^2-1 is a difference of squares.

Furthermore, it cannot be a perfect squares trinomial because it consists of only 2 terms, not 3.

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