How do you simplify $(2w-4)^2$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-07-07T08:47:48

It looks almost completely simplified already. I might factor something out.

Notice how you can rewrite this as:

$(2w - 4)^2$

$= (2(w - 2))^2$

As a result, you can write:

$= 2^2(w - 2)^2$

$= color(blue)(4(w - 2)^2)$

How do you simplify (2w-4)^2(2w-4)^2?