SOLUTION: Please help with factoring the polynomial 4a^2+4ab+b^2-9

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Question 61962: Please help with factoring the polynomial 4a^2+4ab+b^2-9
Answer by funmath(2933)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Factor the polynomial
This is a little tricky, notice that the first three terms are a perfect square trinomial

See what I mean, u=2a, v=b.
Now you have the difference of squares:
u=2a+b, v=3


Happy Calculating!!!

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