Special Types of Factoring

What type of factoring would you use first?
9x² - 4

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
8x³ - 1

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
x³ + 27

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
x³ - 1

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
16x⁴ - 81

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
125x³ + 27

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

What type of factoring would you use first?
x² - 1

• Difference of 2 Squares

• Difference of 2 Cubes

• Sum of 2 Cubes

• GCF

Factor:
x² - 25

• ( x + 5 ) ( x - 5 ) 

• ( x - 5 ) ( x - 5 ) 

• ( x + 5 ) ( x + 5 ) 

• Prime