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As you become more familiar with factoring, you will notice there are some special

factoring problems that follow specific patterns. These patterns are known as:

● a difference of squares; ● a perfect square trinomial; ● a difference of cubes; and ● a sum of cubes.

Choose two of the forms above and explain the pattern that allows you to recognize the binomial or trinomial as having special factors. Illustrate with examples of a binomial or trinomial expression that may be factored using the special techniques you are explaining. Make sure that you do not use the same example a classmate has already used!