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How Do You Know if You Have a Difference of Squares? Instructional VideoHow Do You Know if You Have a Difference of Squares? Instructional Video
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How Do You Know if You Have a Difference of Squares?

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What are the characteristics of a polynomial that would make it factorable by the difference of squares rule? There are four must haves: two terms, coefficients are perfect squares, minus sign, degree of each term is even or zero. If it meets all these criteria, then it can be solved using the difference of squares method.

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binomials, polynomials, difference of squares, factoring, perfect squares

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Grade
8th - 11th
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Math
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Resource Type
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2:26
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