105 Perfect Squares and Factoring

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10-5 Perfect Squares and Factoring
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Review
This is called a difference of squares
Be careful!!This process of factoring does NOT
apply to a2 b2.
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Perfect Square Trinomials
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Test to see if it is a Perfect Square Trinomial

• Is the first term a perfect square?
• Is the 3rd term a perfect square?
• Is the middle term 2 or -2 times the product of
  the square root of the first term and the 3rd
  term?

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Example 1
Answer the questions from the previous
slide. 1. 2. 3.
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Example 2
Answer the questions to factor 1. 2. 3.
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Problem Solving Using Perfect Trinomial Squares

• Determine all values of k that make
  a perfect trinomial square
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.

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Examples
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Example 4
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Classwork

• 10-5 Practice Worksheet

• 10-5 Practice Worksheet