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8.5 Factoring Differences of Squares (top) Factor each term Write one set of parentheses with the factors adding and one with the factors subtracting Foil to check your answer Ex: n 2 - 25
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8.5 Factoring Differences of Squares (bottom) Ex: 5x 3 + 15x 2 – 5x - 15Ex: 121a = 49a 3
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8.6 Factoring Perfect Squares (top) Perfect Square Trinomial: Is the first term a perfect square? Is the last term a perfect square? Does the second term = 2 x the product of the roots of the first and last terms? The third term (c) must be positive Use the sign of the second term If any of these answers is no- it is not a perfect square trinomial
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8.6 Factoring Perfect Squares (bottom) Ex: x 2 – 14x + 49a 2 – 8a - 16 Ex: 9y 2 + 12y + 4
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