Classwork Sheet: Cycle 17

a^2 – b^2 = (a – b) (a + b)

a^2 – 2ab + b^2 = (a – b)^2

Slide #2

a) x^2 – 25 = (x -5) (x+5)

b) x^2 – 121 = (x – 11) (x + 11)
c) 4x^2 – 9 = (2x – 3) (2x + 3)
d) x^2 – y^2 = (x – y) (x + y)
e) 9x^2 – 1 = (3x – 1) (3x + 1)
f) x^4 – 1 = (x^2 – 1) (x^2 + 1) = (x – 1) (x + 1) (x^2 + 1)

Slide #3

g) 16x^2 – 164 = (4x – 13) (4x + 13)

h) 81x^2 – 9 = 9(9x^2 – 1) = 9(3x – 1) (3x + 1)
i) 25u^2 – 16u^2 = (5u – 4x) (5u + 4x)
j) 16 – 49^2 = (4 – 7x) (4 + 7x)
k) 16 – x^4 = (4 – x^2) (4 + x^2) = (4 – x) (4 + x) (4 + x^2)
l) 1 – 81y^4 = (1 – 9y^2) (1 + 9y^2) = (1 – 9y) (1 + 9y) (1 + 9y^2)

Classwork

a^2 – 2ab + b^2 = (a – b)^2

a^2 + 2ab + b^2 = (a + b)^2

x^2 – 6x + 9^3 = (x – 3)^2

x^2 – 10x + 25 = (x – 9)^2

Slide #5

a) x^2 + 6x + 9 = (x + 3)^2

b) x^2 + 8x + 16 = (x + 4)^2

d) x^2 – 8x + 16^4 = (x – 4)^2

e) x^2 + 2x + 1 = (x + 1)^2

g) y^2 + 18y + 81 = (y + 9)^2

Perfect Square Rules:

1) a^2 – b^2 = (a –b) (a + b)

2) a^2 – 2ab + b^2 = (a-b)^2

3) a^2 + 2ab + b^2 = (a+b)^2

Slide #6

a) 9x^2 + 6x + 1 = (3x + 1)^2

b) 4x^2 – 4x + 1 = (2x – 1)^2

d) 25x^2 – 10x + 1= (5x – 1)^2

e) 16x^2 + 24x + 9 = (4x + 3)^2

g) -x^2 + 2x – 1 = -(x – 1)

h) -2x^2 – 8x – 8 = -2(x^2 + 4x + 4) = -2(x + 2)^2

Slide #7

1) x^2 + 12x + 36 =

2) x^2 – 24xy + 144y^2 =