Covariance of sum and difference

For independent and identically distributed X,YX, Y, what is Cov(X+Y,XY)\operatorname{Cov}(X+Y,\, X-Y)?

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  1. Expand the covariance bilinearly.
  2. Equal variances cancel.

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