Algebra.Com's Answer #53947 by Earlsdon(6294)![\"\"](\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\")  
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document.write( " Try grouping the terms as follows:
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document.write( " Do you notice that, in the first group, the first and last terms are perfect squares> This suggests that this trinomial might be a perfect square. Let's try it.
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document.write( " =  Yes...a perfect square! So we can rewrite the original expression as:
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document.write( " Now you can see that we have the difference of two squares which can be factored thusly:  Applying this to your expression, we get:
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document.write( "The final answer looks like:
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document.write( "Check: Using the FOIL method, we'll multiply the factors to see if we get the original expression back.
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document.write( " Simplifying this, we get: the original expression.
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