INSTRUCTORSCarleen EatonGrant Fraser

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Factoring Perfect Squares

  • The special rules for factoring a perfect square trinomial are a2 + 2ab + b2 = (a + b)(a + b) and a2 - 2ab + b2 = (a - b)(a - b).

  • Learn to recognize perfect square trinomials in more complicated forms. This is an important skill you will need in later work in this course.

  • Some polynomials require several methods to be factored completely. Always start by finding the Greatest Common Factor. Then try other methods.

  • You can solve some quadratic equations by factoring the trinomial and then using the zero product property.

  • The square root property states that if x2 = n, then x = √n or x = -√n. You can use this property to solve some quadratic equations.

Factoring Perfect Squares

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Mathematics: Algebra 1