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Identifying Like Terms in Area Calculations

As a manufacturing apprentice, you are verifying the dimensions of a rectangular machine guard, where the calculated area is modeled by the expression (x7)(x+5)(x - 7)(x + 5). Following the standard steps of the FOIL method, you have completed the initial sequence of multiplications and now need to combine the like terms generated by the 'Outer' and 'Inner' products. What are the exact two terms that you need to combine?

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