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Exercise 31 Page 82

4x^2-9

Practice makes perfect
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.
(2x-3)(2x+3)

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

(2x)^2-3^2
2^2x^2-3^2
4x^2-9