Question

What is the factored form of n2 – 25?

Answer 1

Answer: (n + 5)(n - 5)

Explanation: In this problem, we have a binomial that's the difference of two squares because n² and 25 are both perfect squares and we are subtracting or taking the difference of these two squares.

Since the difference of two squares factors as the product of two binomials, we can setup our parenthses and in the first position, we use the factors of n² that are the same which are n · n.

In the second position, we use +5 and -5 as our factors of -25.

So our answer is (n + 5)(n - 5).