lcueto wrote:
You can expand (x - y)(x + y) and you'll see that x^2 - y^2 is always equal to (x - y)(x + y).
Yes, but I think that in some question the fact that we were dealing with or without integers had some restrictions on whether you could expand or simplify. I wished i could give you more clues[/quote]
x^2 - y^2 = (x - y)(x + y) is true for all numbers - integers, non-integers, positive, negative.








