I found a question in the textbook that I'm struggling to answer.
Simplify this expression by expanding brackets, factorising or both:
[(2x+y)(y-2x)]²-(4x²+y²+2z²)²
At the back of the book with the answer it gives the advice that it is the difference of two squares, so I attempted to do it like that but I got a different answer from the textbook.
The answer in the textbook is -4(4x²+z²)(y²+z²)
Can someone please help explain where I went wrong I will post my working out
I found a question in the textbook that I'm struggling to answer. Simplify this expression by expanding brackets, factorising or both: [(2x+y)(y-2x)]²-(4x²+y²+2z²)² At the back of the book with the answer it gives the advice that it is the difference of two squares, so I attempted to do it like that but I got a different answer from the textbook. The answer in the textbook is -4(4x²+z²)(y²+z²) Can someone please help explain where I went wrong I will post my working out
So this is how I worked out my answer: [((2x+y)(y-2x))-(4x²+y²+2z²)][((2x+y)(y-2x))+(4x²+y²+2z²)] [(y²-4x²)-(4x²+y²+2z²)(y²-4x²)+(4x²+y²+2z²)] (-8x²-2z²)(2y²+2z²) -2(4x²+z²)(-y²-z²)
I forgot to type two square brackets in the middle but I did include them
So this is how I worked out my answer: [((2x+y)(y-2x))-(4x²+y²+2z²)][((2x+y)(y-2x))+(4x²+y²+2z²)] [(y²-4x²)-(4x²+y²+2z²)(y²-4x²)+(4x²+y²+2z²)] (-8x²-2z²)(2y²+2z²) -2(4x²+z²)(-y²-z²)
Youre not miles off, but Id have done dots on ((2x+y)(y-2x)) first, then dots again, which youve sort of done. But at the end you have both a 2 and a -2 factor which gives -4 in front of the remaining expression.
Youre not miles off, but Id have done dots on ((2x+y)(y-2x)) first, then dots again, which youve sort of done. But at the end you have both a 2 and a -2 factor which gives -4 in front of the remaining expression.