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Determine polynomials that are perfect

square trinomials and

Factor completely perfect square

trinomials

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(𝒂 + 𝟏)(𝒂 + 𝟏)

(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑)

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Perfect Square Trinomials

A trinomial is a Perfect Square Trinomial if:

1. The 1st and the 3rd terms are perfect squares.
2. The 2nd term is twice the product of the square roots of the
1st and 3rd terms.
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Perfect Square Trinomials

PSTs are polynomial expressions of the form

𝒙𝟐 ± 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚 𝟐

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𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝟓

𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟒 𝟐𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟔

𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔 𝟒𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟗
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𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟔𝒙 + 𝟔𝟒
PST
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𝟒𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙𝒚 − 𝒚 𝟐

NOT a PST
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𝟗𝒔 𝟐 − 𝟑𝟎𝒔𝒕 + 𝟐𝟓𝒕 𝟐

PST
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Complete each expression to from a PST.

𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟏𝟔

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Complete each expression to from a PST.

𝟒𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟒𝒙 + 𝟑𝟔

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Complete each expression to from a PST.

𝟐 𝟐
𝟗𝒙 + 𝟔𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚

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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏

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Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials (p. 25)

𝟐
𝒙 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚 𝟐 = 𝒙+ 𝒚 𝟐

Perfect Square Factored

Trinomial Form

𝟐
𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝒚 𝟐 = 𝒙− 𝒚 𝟐
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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝒙 𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 + 𝟏 = 𝒙+ 𝟏 𝟐

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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝒙 𝟐 − 𝟏𝟎𝒙 + 𝟐𝟓 = 𝒙− 𝟓 𝟐

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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝟐
𝟒𝒙 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 + 𝟗 = 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑 𝟐

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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝒂 𝟔 + 𝟑
𝟖𝒂 𝒃 + 𝟏𝟔𝒃 𝟐
= 𝒂𝟑 + 𝟒𝒃
𝟐

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EXAMPLE: Factor completely.

𝟗𝒔 𝟐 + 𝟑𝟎𝒔𝒕 𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝒕 𝟒 = 𝟑𝒔 + 𝟓𝒕 2 𝟐

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Vocabulary and Concepts (p. 27)

To factor 𝟒𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝟖𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝟗𝒚𝟐 , we look for a square

binomial in the form ____𝒙 + ____𝒚 𝟐 , where the number in the
blanks are as follows:
1. The number in the first blank is ____.
2. The number in the second blank is ____.

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