Factor 25x^2-4

$25 x^{2} - 4$

Step 1

Rewrite $25 x^{2}$ as ${(5 x)}^{2}$ .

${(5 x)}^{2} - 4$

Step 2

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

${(5 x)}^{2} - 2^{2}$

Step 3

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = 5 x$ and $b = 2$ .

$(5 x + 2) (5 x - 2)$