I need help understanding how to factor the following polynomial:

x^4-36

Can someone explain? Thanks.
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this is to use the formula a^2 - b^2 = (a+b)(a-b)

in this case, x^4 - 36 = (x^2 + 6) (x^2 - 6)
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(7a^2b+7ab^2)+(6ab^2-7a^2+b)
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thats not a polynomial. if that was squared, eg. (x^4-36)^2

than it would factor out.
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(x - ¼)²
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(X+Y)(X-Y) is the formla (x^2+6)(x^2-6)
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it is 50
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I think that is it 70k

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r^2-16w+4wr-4tr
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x+y-4=0
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