Answer:
1/4(x+y)(x-y)
Step-by-step explanation:
We can first factor out the shared 1/4 and it now looks like,
1/4(x^2-y^2)
Since x^2-y^2 is a difference of squares, which is a^2-b^2 = (a+b)(a-b), we can change x^2-y^2 to (x+y)(x-y). So our answer is:
1/4(x+y)(x-y)
