** You should learn to recognise this.
When you factorise a difference of 2 squares this is what you get. One bracket is the conjugate of the other. Only the sign in the middle is different.
x2−a2=(x−a)(x+a)
OR if you simplify
(x−a)(x+a)=x2−a2
Yours was
(m-2)(m+2) so the answer should become obvious to you as m2−22=m2−4
I guess you just want this to be expanded?
(m+2)(m-2) = m2 - 2m + 2m - 22 = m2 - 22 = m2 - 4
** You should learn to recognise this.
When you factorise a difference of 2 squares this is what you get. One bracket is the conjugate of the other. Only the sign in the middle is different.
x2−a2=(x−a)(x+a)
OR if you simplify
(x−a)(x+a)=x2−a2
Yours was
(m-2)(m+2) so the answer should become obvious to you as m2−22=m2−4