Section 5
P.5 Factoring Polynomials
Greatest common factor, grouping, factoring trinomials, special-form factoring (perfect-square trinomial, difference of squares, sum/difference of cubes), general strategy.
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Ch P - Prerequisites
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Review of Grouping and the Sum and Difference of Cubes
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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
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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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