Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials.notebook
April 27, 2016
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Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials
What does it mean when we say a perfect square trinomial?
*Remember what it means to square something first...
ex) (x + 4)2
ex) (m ­ 5)2
Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials.notebook
April 27, 2016
So, a perfect square trinomial is one that will factor to be a binomial squared. There are some key properties we can find from this fact.
Let's look at
ex) (m ­ 5)2
to begin with.
General Form of a Perfect Square Trinomial:
a2 + 2ab + b2
or
a2 ­ 2ab + b2
Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials.notebook
April 27, 2016
Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials.notebook
April 27, 2016
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