Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter P - Section P.5 - Factoring Polynomials - Exercise Set - Page 69: 86

Answer

$(x-5+6y)(x-5-6y)$

Work Step by Step

$x^{2}-10x+25-36y^{2}=$ recognize a perfect square in the first three terms $=(x^{2}-2\cdot 5x+5^{2})-36y^{2}$ $=(x-5)^{2}-36y^{2}$ this is a difference of squares, $=(x-5)^{2}-(6y)^{2}$ $=(x-5+6y)(x-5-6y)$
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