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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Carleen Eaton
Grant Fraser



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