SOLUTION: help with doing this factor of perfect square trinomial 36x^2-60x+25

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Question 731925: help with doing this factor of perfect square trinomial
36x^2-60x+25
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Since it's a perfect square trinomial of the form ax^2 - bx + c, both a and b are perfect squares and the factorization will be %28sqrt%28a%29x+-+sqrt%28b%29%29%5E2


a = 36 and it's square root is 6. b = 25 and its square root is 5.


The factorization is %286x-5%29%5E2

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