College Algebra / Alg 088 · Atom · ~20 seconds
Factoring a Perfect Square Trinomial
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A perfect square trinomial factors as the square of a binomial: a² + 2ab + b² = (a + b)².
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x² + 10x + 25: the ends are squares of x and 5, and the middle is twice their product, so (x + 5)².
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Check the middle term; the ends alone prove nothing.
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