It appears that you may have added terms. To find the product, you can use $\displaystyle{\left({a}+{b}\right)}{\left({a}-{b}\right)}={{a}}^{{2}}-{{b}}^{{2}}\usepackage{cmbright}\Huge\$ . In this case $\displaystyle{a}={x}\usepackage{cmbright}\Huge\$ and $\displaystyle{b}={3}\usepackage{cmbright}\Huge\$ .