Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 1.1     Factoring  y²-10y+25 

The first term is,  y²  its coefficient is  1 .
The middle term is,  -10y  its coefficient is  -10 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +25 

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

Step-2 : Find two factors of  25  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -10 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -5  and  -5 
                     y² - 5y - 5y - 25

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

Multiplying Exponential Expressions :

 1.2    Multiply  (y-5)  by  (y-5) 

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

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

Final result :

  (y - 5)2