Find and correct errors of the following mathematical expressions:
$(a - 4) (a - 2) = a^{2} - 8$

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Solution

The given statement is incorrect. Middle term is missing in this expression.
Correct statement is
$(a - 4) (a - 2) = a^{2} - 6 a + 8$

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