Which term completes the product so that it is the difference of squares?(−5x−3)(−5x+________)

A difference of squares has the form (a − b)(a + b), with the same two terms and opposite signs. Here the first factor is (−5x − 3), so the second must be (−5x + 3). The missing term is 3, choice C.

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