Factoring Perfect Square Trinomials

What patterns do you notice? In the trinomial, the ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   terms are the terms from the binomial ​ (c)   . The middle term is ​ (d)   times the ​product of the first and last terms in the binomial.

• first
• last
• squared
• two

Is #1 a perfect square trinomial?

• yes

• no

Is #2 a perfect square trinomial?

• yes

• no

Is #3 a perfect square trinomial?

• yes

• no