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How would you factor a quadratic expression like 9x^2-4

How would you factor a quadratic expression like 9x^2-4-example-1

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Hello, we need to see it as a difference of two squares as we know that for all a and b real numbers


a^2-b^2=(a-b)(a+b)

So, here


9x^2-4=(3x)^2-2^2=(3x-2)(3x+2)

Voila !

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