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4. Special Products
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Exercise 30 Page 31

100x^2-4

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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.
(10x-2)(10x+2)

(a-b)(a+b)=a^2-b^2

(10x)^2-2^2
10^2x^2-2^2
100x^2-4