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What is the completely factored form of 8x^2 – 50?
2(x + 5)(x – 5)
2(2x – 5)(2x – 5)
2(2x + 5)(2x + 5)
2(2x + 5)(2x – 5)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Factor out 2: 8x^2 − 50 = 2(4x^2 − 25).
Then 4x^2 − 25 = (2x)^2 − 5^2 = (2x + 5)(2x − 5).

So the completely factored form is: 2(2x + 5)(2x − 5).