Unit
Factoring
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Review of the Methods of Factoring - Problem 9
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MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
If you're good at memorizing patterns, you might choose to memorize the pattern for a binomial squared = a^2 + 2ab + b^2. Of course, "a" and "b" might be a variable multiplied by a constant rather than just a variable, which would mean that your middle coefficient might not be 2. Recognizing this pattern is a shortcut that might help you in more complex factoring.
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