SOLUTION: Please help me determine whether the following trinomial is a perfect square. and if it is, factor the trinomial.
x^2 - 24x + 48.
Thank you so much
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Question 101337: Please help me determine whether the following trinomial is a perfect square. and if it is, factor the trinomial.
x^2 - 24x + 48.
Thank you so much
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The general polynomial is a perfect square when and c is a perfect square. So a=1, b=-24, c=48
Since c is not a perfect square, we tell right away that x^2 - 24x + 48 is not a perfect square
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