Tips for solving by factoring when a difference of two squares

The video tutorial explains the quadratic equation in the form Y = aX^2 - C, highlighting the absence of the B term due to its zero coefficient. It focuses on identifying and factoring the difference of two squares, emphasizing that C must be a perfect square. The tutorial provides examples of rewriting numbers as perfect squares and solving equations using the zero product property.

What steps should you follow to factor a difference of two squares?

Provide an example of a difference of squares and demonstrate how to solve it.