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Get ready for Precalculus

Course: Get ready for Precalculus > Unit 2

Lesson 5: Factoring using structure
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Get ready for Precalculus
Get ready for polynomials
Factoring using structure
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Factorization with substitution

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Problem

We want to factor the following expression:
(x+4)2−4y5(x+4)+4y10
We can factor the expression as (U−V)2 where U and V are either constant integers or single-variable expressions.
1) What are U and V?
Choose 1 answer:
2) Factor the expression.
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