LESSON 3:

SPECIAL PRODUCTS
C. SQUARE OF TRINOMIAL
SQUARE OF TRINOMIAL
Consists of the following:
✓ The sum of the squares of the first, second and
third
✓ Twice the product of the first and the second
terms
✓ Twice the product of the first and the last terms
✓ Twice the product of the second and the last
terms
SQUARE OF TRINOMIAL
Patterns:
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 = 𝒂 +𝒃 + 𝒄 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝒄 + 𝟐𝒃𝒄
𝟐
𝒂+𝒃−𝒄 = 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄 − 𝟐𝒃𝒄
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒂−𝒃+𝒄 = 𝒂 +𝒃 + 𝒄 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝒄 − 𝟐𝒃𝒄
𝒂−𝒃−𝒄 𝟐 = 𝒂𝟐 +𝒃𝟐 + 𝒄𝟐 − 𝟐𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄 + 𝟐𝒃𝒄
SQUARE OF TRINOMIAL
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒂+𝒃+𝒄 = 𝒂 +𝒃 + 𝒄 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 + 𝟐𝒂𝒄 + 𝟐𝒃𝒄
Example 1: 𝟐
𝒙+𝒚+𝟐
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 +𝟐(𝒙)(𝒚) +𝟐(𝒙)(𝟐) +𝟐(𝒚)(𝟐)
𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟐
FINAL 𝟐 𝟐
ANSWER 𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟒 + 𝟐𝒙𝒚 + 𝟒𝒙 + 𝟒𝒚
 SQUARE OF TRINOMIAL
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝒂+𝒃−𝒄 = 𝒂 +𝒃 + 𝒄 + 𝟐𝒂𝒃 − 𝟐𝒂𝒄 − 𝟐𝒃𝒄
Example 2: 𝟐
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 − 𝟑
𝟐+ 𝟐+ 𝟐 +𝟐(𝟐𝒙)(𝒚)
𝟐𝒙 𝒚 −𝟑 +𝟐(𝟐𝒙)(−𝟑)+𝟐(𝒚)(−𝟑)
FINAL 𝟐 𝟐
ANSWER 𝟒𝒙 + 𝒚 + 𝟗 + 𝟒𝒙𝒚 − 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟔𝒚
Try the following:
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒓 − 𝒕 + 𝒏
𝟐
𝟐) 𝒆 + 𝟐𝒂 + 𝒒
𝟑) 𝒎 + 𝒂 − 𝒚 𝒎 + 𝒂 − 𝒚
𝟐
𝟒) 𝟐𝒊𝟐 + 𝟑𝒂 − 𝟓𝒏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟓) 𝟗𝒂 + 𝟒𝒃 − 𝟑𝒄
Try the following:
𝟐
𝟏) 𝒓 − 𝒕 + 𝒏
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒓 + −𝒕 + 𝒏 + 𝟐 𝒓 −𝒕 + 𝟐 𝒓 𝒏 + 𝟐 −𝒕 𝒏
= 𝒓𝟐 + 𝒕𝟐 + 𝒏𝟐 − 𝟐𝒓𝒕 + 𝟐𝒓𝒏 − 𝟐𝒕𝒏
𝟐
𝟐) 𝒆 + 𝟐𝒂 + 𝒒
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒆 + 𝟐𝒂 + 𝒒 + 𝟐 𝒆 𝟐𝒂 + 𝟐(𝒆) 𝒒 + 𝟐 𝟐𝒂 𝒒
= 𝒆𝟐 + 𝟒𝒂𝟐 + 𝒒𝟐 + 𝟒𝒂𝒆 + 𝟐𝒆𝒒 + 𝟒𝒂𝒒
Try the following:
𝟑) 𝒎 + 𝒂 − 𝒚 𝒎 + 𝒂 − 𝒚
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
= 𝒎 + 𝒂 + −𝒚 + 𝟐 𝒎 𝒂 + 𝟐 𝒎 −𝒚 + 𝟐 𝒂 −𝒚
= 𝒎𝟐 + 𝒂𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟐𝒂𝒎 − 𝟐𝒎𝒚 − 𝟐𝒂𝒚

𝟐 𝟐
𝟒) 𝟐𝒊 + 𝟑𝒂 − 𝟓𝒏
= 𝟐𝒊 𝟐 + 𝟑𝒂 𝟐 + −𝟓𝒏 𝟐 + 𝟐 𝟐𝒊𝟐 𝟑𝒂 + 𝟐(𝟐𝒊𝟐 )(−𝟓𝒏) + 𝟐 𝟑𝒂 −𝟓𝒏

= 𝟒𝒊𝟐 + 𝟗𝒂𝟐 + 𝟐𝟓𝒏𝟐 + 𝟏𝟐𝒂𝒊𝟐 − 𝟐𝟎𝒊𝟐 𝒏 − 𝟑𝟎𝒂𝒏