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The square of a binomial is the sum of: the square of the first terms, twice the product of the two
terms, and the square of the last term. ... If you can remember this formula, it you will be able to
evaluate polynomial squares without having to use the FOIL method. It will take practice.
3. Sum and Difference of Two Terms
The product of the sum and difference of the same two terms is always the difference of two
squares; it is the first term squared minus the second term squared. Thus, this resulting binomial
is called a difference of squares.
4. Cube of a Binomial
We can simply write out the terms of a squared multinomial by writing out the squared terms and
then, for each letter, add to the answer twice the product of this letter and the remaining ones to
the right. Finally with c. ("Finally" because no letters follow d).