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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide 2 Factoring and Applications Chapter 6

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Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Objectives 1.Factor a difference of squares. 2.Factor a perfect square trinomial. 3.Factor a difference of cubes. 4.Factor a sum of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide 5 Factor a difference of squares 6.5 Special Factoring Techniques

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 1 Factor each binomial, if possible. Factor a difference of squares (a) x 2  49 (b) y 2  m 2 = (y – m)(y + m) (continued)

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 1 Factor each binomial, if possible. Factor a difference of squares (d) x 2  8 (e) p It is a prime polynomial because 8 is not the square of an integer. It is a prime polynomial since it is a sum of squares.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 2 Factor each difference of squares. Factor a difference of squares

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 3 Factor completely. Factor a difference of squares

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 3 Factor completely. Factor a difference of squares

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide 11 Factor a perfect square trinomial. 6.5 Special Factoring Techniques

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 4 Factor x x Factor a perfect square trinomial. The term x 2 is a perfect square, and so is 25. Try factoring as (x + 5) 2. To check, take twice the product of the two terms in the squared binomial. Since 10x is the middle term of the trinomial, the trinomial is a perfect square and can be factored as (x + 5) 2.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 5 Factor each trinomial. Factor a perfect square trinomial. (a) x 2 – 22x The first and last terms are perfect squares. Check to see if the middle term is twice the product of the first and last terms of the binomial x – 11.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 5 Factor each trinomial. Factor a perfect square trinomial.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 5 Factor each trinomial. Factor a perfect square trinomial. Twice the product of the first and last terms is 2(5y)4 = 40y, which is not the middle term. The trinomial is not a perfect square. It is a prime polynomial.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 5 Factor each trinomial. Factor a perfect square trinomial.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Factor a perfect square trinomial.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Factor a difference of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 6a Factor the difference of cubes. Factor a difference of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 6c Factor the difference of cubes. Factor a difference of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Factor a sum of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 7a Factor the sum of cubes. Factor a sum of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Example 7b Factor the sum of cubes. Factor a sum of cubes.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. 6.5 – Slide Special Factoring Techniques Factor a sum of cubes.