Description: Factor the difference of two squares. (Contributed by NM, 7-Feb-2005)
| Ref | Expression | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypotheses | binom2.1 | |- A e. CC |
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| binom2.2 | |- B e. CC |
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| Assertion | subsqi | |- ( ( A ^ 2 ) - ( B ^ 2 ) ) = ( ( A + B ) x. ( A - B ) ) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | binom2.1 | |- A e. CC |
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| 2 | binom2.2 | |- B e. CC |
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| 3 | subsq | |- ( ( A e. CC /\ B e. CC ) -> ( ( A ^ 2 ) - ( B ^ 2 ) ) = ( ( A + B ) x. ( A - B ) ) ) |
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| 4 | 1 2 3 | mp2an | |- ( ( A ^ 2 ) - ( B ^ 2 ) ) = ( ( A + B ) x. ( A - B ) ) |