1. Factoring Special Products
CA 11.0

2. Objective - To factor special products

3. Special Products Special products are either:
Perfect-Square Trinomials
Difference of Two Squares

4. Special Products
While you should be able to recognize Perfect-Square Trinomials and Difference of Two Squares, you can still factor them using the methods we learned yesterday.
Difference of Two Squares pattern you MUST memorize for this class!

5. Difference of Two Squares
Pattern:

6. Difference of Two Squares
Factor:

7. Difference of Two Squares
Factor:

8. Difference of Two Squares
Factor:

9. Difference of Two Squares
Factor:

10. Perfect-Square Trinomials
The pattern:

11. Perfect-Square Trinomials
Factor:
Notice - The first and last terms are PERFECT SQUARES!
The middle term is 2 times the square root of each.

12. Perfect-Square Trinomials
Factor:

13. Perfect-Square Trinomials
Are these perfect-square trinomials?
If so, factor them.