Factoring: GCF, Difference of Squares, Trinomials

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What is the GCF (Greatest Common Factor)?

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The GCF is the largest factor that two or more numbers have in common.

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What is the difference of squares formula?

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What is a perfect square trinomial?

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What is the first step in factoring a polynomial?

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The first step is to look for the GCF (Greatest Common Factor) of all the terms.

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What does it mean to factor completely?

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Factoring completely means breaking down a polynomial into its simplest factors, including all GCFs and irreducible factors.

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No, because this is a sum of squares, not a difference.

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What is the significance of the signs in factoring trinomials?

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The signs of the factors indicate whether the roots are positive or negative, which affects the sum and product of the factors.