Factor 72p^2-50

$72 p^{2} - 50$

Step 1

Factor $2$ out of $72 p^{2} - 50$ .

Factor $2$ out of $72 p^{2}$ .

$2 (36 p^{2}) - 50$

Factor $2$ out of $- 50$ .

$2 (36 p^{2}) + 2 (- 25)$

Factor $2$ out of $2 (36 p^{2}) + 2 (- 25)$ .

$2 (36 p^{2} - 25)$

Step 2

Rewrite $36 p^{2}$ as ${(6 p)}^{2}$ .

$2 ({(6 p)}^{2} - 25)$

Step 3

Rewrite $25$ as $5^{2}$ .

$2 ({(6 p)}^{2} - 5^{2})$

Step 4

Factor.

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = 6 p$ and $b = 5$ .

$2 ((6 p + 5) (6 p - 5))$

Remove unnecessary parentheses.

$2 (6 p + 5) (6 p - 5)$