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Find the area of the rectangle.
(8x+5) yards
(8x-5) yards

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Step-by-step explanation: To find the area, we can use the F.O.I.L. method.

Notice that these two binomials are identical except

that one has a plus and one has a minus.

These types of binomials are called conjugates.

If you're asked to F.O.I.L. two conjugates, you can

ignore the outer and inner products,

knowing they will cancel each other out.

So the answer to this problem comes from the product

of the first terms and the product of the last terms.

So our answer is 64x² - 25.

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