Factor the polynomial expression 4x3 - 4.

 4(x - 1)(x^2 + x + 1)

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4x^3 - 4

4(x^3 - 1)

4(x - 1)(x^2 + x + 1)

In the last step, I used the difference of cubes factoring formula which is

a^3 - b^3 = (a - b)(a^2 + ab + b^2)

Understanding what? lol

Use pythagorean’s theorem and find the missing side lengths of the two smaller triangles and add them together
13^2 - 12^2 = 5
15^2 - 12^2 = 9
5+9 = 14
14 is the length of each side of the square
14^2 + 14^2 = 19.8
19.8 is the diagonal length of the inside if the square