Hi can someone help me with this question?.. I don't understand it what so ever

so a normal diff of squares is (a^2-b^2)
factored it is
(a+b)(a-b)
and we know when exponents are multiplied together they’re added, so if you know that the b value is a square of a number, then look at the exponent
look at 1 y^4 is a square since y^2 x y^2 = y^4
and 144 is the square of 12
both terms can be square rooted and there is a - sign, meaning a diff of squares:
(y^2-12)(y^2+12)
the second one is the only one that is not a difference of squares
sorry i know i’m bad at explaining things
Answer:
The top and the bottom are difference of squares and the middle ones are not difference of square.
Step-by-step explanation:
How you know is based off the numbers and the equation signs.
See the one at the bottom how 16 can be divided into two equal parts by 4. Unlike 5 where you can't do that. Same with the top one. Even though there is nothing in front of the y it is one and 1*1 is still one. Also if it has a minus sign in the middle as well.
Hope this helps.