Simplify \(\rm {256x^4 - 16y^4} \over {(80x^2 - 20y^2)}{(16x^2 + 4y^2)}\).

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  1. 5
  2. \(1 \over 20\)
  3. \(1 \over 5\)
  4. \(2 \over 5\)

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Option 3 : \(1 \over 5\)
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Formula used :

[(a + b)(a -b) = a2 - b2]

Calculation:

 \(\rm {256x^4 - 16y^4} \over {(80x^2 - 20y^2)}{(16x^2 + 4y^2)}\)

\(\rm {256x^4 - 16y^4} \over {5(16x^2 - 4y^2)}{(16x^2 + 4y^2)}\)                    

⇒ (256x4 - 16y4)/5 × (256x- 16y4)

⇒ 1/5

∴ The correct answer is 1/5.

Alternate Method

Calculation:

\(\rm {256x^4 - 16y^4} \over {(80x^2 - 20y^2)}{(16x^2 + 4y^2)}\)

⇒ (256x4 - 16y4)/(1280x4 + 320x2y2 - 320x2y2 - 80y4)

⇒ (256x4 - 16y4)/(1280x- 80y4)

⇒ (256x4 - 16y4)/5 × (256x- 16y4)

⇒ 1/5

∴ The correct answer is 1/5.

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