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Exercise 33 Page 82

9m^2-4

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.
(3m-2)(3m+2)

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

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