Why is (n-1)(n+1)=n^2-1?
Last Updated: 18.06.2025 01:47
The basic answer is that you cross-multiply the values in each factor:
The more direct answer is to look at a rectangle with sides of n + 1 and n - 1, let’s go with n = 2
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If you cut off the end of that rectangle, you make it smaller, 2 * 3 and a separate nub of size 1 * 2
So, that’s a rectangle with sides 2 and 4.
What made you recently say to yourself, “Wait. Really?”
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(n - 1)(n + 1)
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I dreamt my mother had died and I cried so much in my dream. What does it mean?
Move the nub up to the top:
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And you are left with almost a square. One less than the square of side n.
What do feminists mean when they say they want to ‘normalize’ menstruation and its discussion?
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