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Factoring with notable products

Mathematics — first biennium · Lesson

Biennium · often anticipated to year one in scientific tracks

Factoring with notable products

First recognize the structure; then reverse the matching notable product.

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Prerequisites: Notable products and common factors

Goal: Recognize differences of squares and perfect-square trinomials.

What you need to know before the exercises

In this lesson: Recognize differences of squares and perfect-square trinomials.

How to proceed: Check that both terms are squares and that they are subtracted.

You can already assume: Notable products and common factors.

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Recognize and factor the polynomial.

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How to reason

Check that both terms are squares and that they are subtracted.

Data / situation: x²−25

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