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4. Special Products
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Exercise 22 Page 31

u^2-9

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Notice that the given expression is the multiplication of conjugates. This allows us to use a shorter method of multiplying the terms than the normal distribution process.
(u+3)(u-3)
u^2-3^2
u^2-9