Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  (26x2 -  80x) +  25

Step  2  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 2.1     Factoring  64x²-80x+25 

The first term is,  64x²  its coefficient is  64 .
The middle term is,  -80x  its coefficient is  -80 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +25 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   64 • 25 = 1600 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  1600  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -80 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -40  and  -40 
                     64x² - 40x - 40x - 25

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    8x • (8x-5)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    5 • (8x-5)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (8x-5)  •  (8x-5)
             Which is the desired factorization

Multiplying Exponential Expressions :

 2.2    Multiply  (8x-5)  by  (8x-5) 

The rule says : To multiply exponential expressions which have the same base, add up their exponents.

In our case, the common base is  (8x-5)  and the exponents are :
          1 , as  (8x-5)  is the same number as  (8x-5)¹ 
 and   1 , as  (8x-5)  is the same number as  (8x-5)¹ 
The product is therefore,  (8x-5)⁽¹⁺¹⁾ = (8x-5)² 

Final result :

  (8x - 5)2