Lesson 5.4 Summary

For further informationabout other factoring strategies, see pp. 238 - 245 of Mathematics 10.

 
Additional video examples of the concepts from this lesson are shown below:

Differences of squares and perfect-square trinomials are two special types of polynomials that can be factored relatively easily. The key to understanding these methods, as well as any factoring strategy, is to look for patterns that appear when multiplying the factors.