10 videos in "Factoring Special Cases"
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Factoring Differences of Squares
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Factoring Perfect Squares
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Factoring Special Cases
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Factoring 15a - Difference of 2 Squares
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Factoring 15b - Difference of 2 Squares part 2
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Factoring 16 Sum of 2 squares is prime
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Factoring 17-Perfect Square Trinomials
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Factoring 18-Sum and Difference of 2 Cubes
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Difference of Squares
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Factoring and Solving a Difference of Squares Equation
Factoring 16 Sum of 2 squares is prime
Factoring 16 Sum of 2 squares is prime
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Part of video series Factoring Polynomials
More free YouTube videos by Julie Harland are organized at http://yourmathgal.com
Emphasizes that the sum of two perfect squares usually is nonfactorable and is prime.
- Why can you not factor the sum of squares?
- Why does (a + b)^2 NOT equal a^2 + b^2?
- What does (a + b)^2 equal?
- Why can you not factor a^2 + b^2?
This lesson breaks a common student misconception -- that squaring the sum of two terms is the same as the sum of each term squared. Or in other words, that (a + b)^2 equals a^2 + b^2. This video explains why that is not the case, and therefore, why a^2 + b^2 cannot be factored.
