How do you factor $b^{2} - p^{2}$ $b^2 - p^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-16T16:19:05

$(b + p) (b - p)$ $(b+p)(b-p)$

Difference of two squares

$(b + p) (b - p)$ $(b+p)(b-p)$

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2 terms - dead give-away!
minus sign
coefficients are perfect squares (1)
even powers

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