Perfect square of a trinomial:
If all the terms of the polynomial have a common factor, we take out the common factor and factorise.
If the polynomial can be expressed as the difference of two squares,
we use a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b).
a3 - b3 = (a - b) (a2 + ab + b2)
If all the terms of the polynomial have a common factor, we take out the common factor and factorise.
If the polynomial can be expressed as the difference of two squares,
we use a2 - b2 = (a + b) (a - b).
- If all the terms of the polynomial have a common factor, we take out the common factor and factorise .
- If all the terms of the polynomial have a common factor, we take out the common factor and factorise .
- If the polynomial can be expressed as the difference of two squares,
- Quadratic trinomials of the form x2 + ax + b can be factorised using the identity. (x + a) (x + b) = x2 + x(a + b) + ab.
- When the trinomial is ax2 + bx + c and , we follow the following steps. We find two factors whose sum is b, and whose product is a x c.
- If the polynomial can be expressed as the sum or difference of two cubes we use the following identities.
a3 - b3 = (a - b) (a2 + ab + b2)