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Section 1.5

Factoring Polynomials

Greatest common factor, grouping, trinomials, special-product factoring, sum/difference of cubes.

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Chapter 1 · Prerequisites
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Review of Greatest Common Factor and Grouping

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Review of Grouping and the Sum and Difference of Cubes

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Review of More Advanced Factoring Tricks

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Examples of the Greatest Common Factor

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Examples of Factoring Basic Trinomials via Trial and Error

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Examples of Grouping

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Examples of the Sum and Difference of Cubes

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Examples of Factoring Harder Trinomials

Review

Review of Factoring

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Lesson on The Greatest Common Factor

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Lesson on How to Factor by Grouping

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Lesson on the Basics of Factoring Trinomials of the Form x^2 + bx + c

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Lesson on the Basics of Factoring Trinomials of the Form -x^2 + bx + c

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Lesson on the Basics of Factoring Trinomials of the Form x^2+bxy+cy^2

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Lesson on the Basics of Factoring Trinomials of the Form ax^2 + bx + c

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Lesson on the Perfect Square Trinomials and the Difference of Squares

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Lesson on Factoring with the Sum and Difference of Cubes

Review

Review of All the Common Types of Factoring