How do you factor $(2-b)^2-25c^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-01T18:50:25

Factor as a difference of squares.

Let $x = (2- b)$ and $y = 25c^2$

Then:

$=>(x + y)(x - y)$

$=>(2 - b + 5c)(2 - b -5c)$

Hopefully this helps!

How do you factor (2-b)^2-25c^2 (2-b)^2-25c^2?