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Class

Date

9-7

Additional Vocabulary Support

Factoring Special Cases

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difference of two squares

Definition A binomial in which a perfect square monomial is subtracted from another perfect square monomial

Picture or Example x2 16

factoring a difference of two squares

1.

x2 25 = (x + 5)(x 5)

Factoring perfect-square trinomials

For every real number a and b: a + 2ab + b = (a + b)(a + b) = (a + b)2 or a2 2ab + b2 = (a b)(a b) = (a b)2.
2 2

2.

perfect-square trinomial

3.

9x2 + 24x + 16