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Factoring Quadratic Trinomials

This document provides examples for factoring different types of quadratic trinomial expressions: 1) Factoring a general quadratic trinomial involves finding two numbers whose product is the last term and whose sum is the middle term. 2) Perfect square trinomials can be factored by taking the square root of the first and last terms and making the middle term twice their product. 3) The difference of two squares can be factored by writing the factors as the sum and difference of the square roots of the first and last terms.

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Factoring Quadratic Trinomials

This document provides examples for factoring different types of quadratic trinomial expressions: 1) Factoring a general quadratic trinomial involves finding two numbers whose product is the last term and whose sum is the middle term. 2) Perfect square trinomials can be factored by taking the square root of the first and last terms and making the middle term twice their product. 3) The difference of two squares can be factored by writing the factors as the sum and difference of the square roots of the first and last terms.

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Factoring Quadratic

Trinomials
Lesson 3
Quadratic Trinomial
 Quadratic trinomial is an expression in the form of
where,
a, b and c are constant and a 0.
Ex:
Example 1:
Observe the third term 21, find the factors of 21 and check if they
have a sum of the middle term 10.
1 and 21 = 1 + 21 = 22
7 and 3 = 3 + 7 = 10
2
𝑥 +10 𝑥 +21
( x + 7 )(x + 3)
Example 2:
-1 and -32 = (-1)+(-32) = -33
-2 and -16 = (-2)+(-16) = -18
-4 and -8 = (-4)+(-8) = -12
𝑥2 −12 𝑥 +36
(x - 4 )( x - 8 )
Example 3:
-1 and 28 = (-1)+28 = 27 -4 and 7 = (-4)+7 = 3
1 and -28 = 1+(-28) = -27 -14 and 2 = (-14)+2 = -12
4 and -7 = 4+(-7) = -3 14 and -2 = 14+(-2) = 12
2
𝑥 +12 𝑥 −28

( x + 14) ( x - 2 )
Factoring Special
Products
Perfect Square Trinomials
 To check if the given is a perfect square trinomial, check of the
following characteristics apply:
a. The first and last term are perfect squares.
b. The second term should be twice the product of the square
root of the first and last term,
Example 1:

2
4𝑥 +12𝑥+9
a. first term: ; = 2x
last term: 9 ; = 3
b. middle term: ; 2 ( 2 𝑥 • 3 ) =¿ 12 𝑥
2
(
2x +)3
Example 2:

4 2
25𝑥 −20𝑥 +4
= 5 𝑥2
= 2
() = 2= 20 𝑥2

5 𝑥 −2
2
( 2
)
Difference of Two Squares
 To check if the given is a difference of two squares,
check if the first term and second term is perfect
square. Then, write down the factors as sum and
difference of the square roots of each term.
Example 1:

2
9 𝑥 −25
first term: = 3𝑥
last term: = 5
3 𝑥+¿)
( 5(3 𝑥−)
5
Example 2:

6 10
𝑥 −𝑦
= 3
𝑥
= 𝑦5
𝑥 +¿ 𝑦 𝑥 −)
(3
) 5
(3
𝑦 5
Sum and Difference of Two Cubes
 To check if the given is sum and difference of two cubes, check first
if the first and second terms are perfect cubes. After confirming
these qualities, we can now compose the factors for the
expression. The factor is composed of a binomial and trinomial.
a. First, write the binomial of the factor. The first and second term
are the roots of the expression.
b. Write the trinomial of the factor. The first and last terms of the
trinomial are square of the roots. The middle term is the
negative product of the roots.
Example 1:

3
8 𝑥 −27
first term: = 2𝑥
second term: = −3
𝑥 2 +6 𝑥+9
8 𝑥 − 27=¿ (2 𝑥 −3) 4(
3
)

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