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Opening Exercises
Factor each of the following expressions. What similarities do you notice between the examples in the left column and
those on the right?
a. 𝑥2 −1
b. 9𝑥2 −1
c. 𝑥2 + 8𝑥 + 15
d. 4𝑥2 + 16𝑥 + 15
e. 𝑥2 − 𝑦2
f. 𝑥4 − 𝑦4
Example 2
Factor 4𝑥2𝑦4 − 25𝑥4𝑧6.
Exercise 1
Exercises 2–4
Factor each of the following, and show that the factored form is equivalent to the original expression.
2. 𝑎3 + 27
3. 𝑥3 − 64
4. 2𝑥3 + 128
Lesson Summary
In this lesson we learned additional strategies for factoring polynomials.
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