Logo

Why is (n-1)(n+1)=n^2-1?

09.06.2025 17:35

Why is (n-1)(n+1)=n^2-1?

n^2 - n + n - 1

xxxx

xxx

Solar 'cannonballs' may have stripped Mars of its water, long-awaited study reveals - Live Science

(n - 1)(n + 1)

The more direct answer is to look at a rectangle with sides of n + 1 and n - 1, let’s go with n = 2

And you are left with almost a square. One less than the square of side n.

What factors contributed to The Beatles' bitterness?

n^2 - 1

xxx x

xxxx

What is the best way to get revenge on people who hurt you?

xxx x

Move the nub up to the top:

xx

Do you regret being married to your current wife?

If you cut off the end of that rectangle, you make it smaller, 2 * 3 and a separate nub of size 1 * 2

The basic answer is that you cross-multiply the values in each factor:

So, that’s a rectangle with sides 2 and 4.

Has Pope Francis signed a document that gay men can now become priests?

xxx