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How can I find the maximum area of 4 individual pig pens with a total perimeter of 500m?

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Find two negative numbers such that the square of their sum is 20 more than the square of their difference, and the difference of their squares is 24.

I have an upcoming mathletes compitition, and this problem has me stumpted.
Simplify (4a^6)^4/3