154k views
23 votes
What is the factorization of the expression below?

16x^2 - 49

A. (4x + 7)(4x - 7)

B. (4x - 7)(4x - 7)

C. (8x - 7)(2x - 7)

D. (8x + 7)(2x - 7)

What is the factorization of the expression below? 16x^2 - 49 A. (4x + 7)(4x - 7) B-example-1
User Jiho Han
by
3.1k points

1 Answer

5 votes

Answer:


(4x+7)(4x-7)

Step by step explanation:


16x^2 -49\\\\=(4x)^2-7^2\\\\=(4x+7)(4x-7)~~~~~~~~~~;[a^2-b^2 =(a+b)(a-b)]

User Mihir Luthra
by
3.7k points