PERFECT

SQUARE
TRINOMIAL
S
 ◦ A perfect square trinomial is
the expanded product of two
WHAT ARE
identical binomials. A perfect
PERFECT
SQUARE square trinomial is also the
TRINOMIALS? result that occurs when a
binomial is squared.
 EXAMPLE
(x + 3)
2

= (x + 3)(x + 3)
= x + 6x + 9
2
HOW ARE WE GOING TO IDENTIFY A
PERFECT SQUARE TRINOMIAL?
1. The first term and the last term are perfect
squares.

2. The coefficient of the middle term is twice the

square root of the last term multiplied by the
square root of the coefficient of the first term.
EXAMPLE x + 8x + 16
2
LET US NOW TRY
FACTORING PSTs!
 x + 10x + 25
2

EXAMPLE 1
 x + 4x + 4
2

EXAMPLE 2
 x - 12x + 36
2

EXAMPLE 3
 x +10x + 25
2

EXAMPLE 4
 16x -48x+ 36
2

EXAMPLE 5
 4x -25x+ 36
2

EXAMPLE 6
 25x + 30x + 9
2

EXAMPLE 7
 25x - 20x + 4
2

EXAMPLE 8
 x 12
+ 8x + 16
6

EXAMPLE 9
 1 − 16y + 64y 2

EXAMPLE 10
NON-PERFECT SQUARE
TRINOMIALS

QUADRATIC TRINOMIAL
◦ - are the polynomial
equations of degree 2 in
WHAT IS A
one variable of type
◦ f(x) = ax2 + bx + c where
QUADRATIC
a, b, c, ∈ R and a ≠ 0. TRINOMIAL?
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 EXAMPLE 9
b +5b + 4
2
 EXAMPLE 10
x -4x-12
2
WORD PROBLEMS
 ◦ A carpenter built a rectangular
table with an area of (x2 – 10t + 24)
m2. What are the possible
expressions that can represent
the table’s length(L) and
width(W)?
EXAMPLE 11
 ◦ The area of a rectangular
soccer field is (7x2 - 19x
+10) square units and the width
is (x-2) units. What is its
EXAMPLE 12 length?
 ◦ A truck travelled
◦ (2x2+ 11x +5)km in (2x + 1)
hours, how fast did the truck
travel?
EXAMPLE 13 ◦ (Use this formula, d = St)
 ◦ Find the area of the shaded
region.

EXAMPLE 14