SOLUTION: is the following trinomial a perfect square yes or no X^2-6x+9

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Question 89957: is the following trinomial a perfect square yes or no
X^2-6x+9

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s the following trinomial a perfect square yes or no
X^2 - 6x + 9:
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Yes, FOIL (x-3)(x-3) (which is (x-3)^2) you get the given rinomial
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Look at the last term, is it a perfect square? Then see what it is the square of, double that, if it is equal to the middle term it's a perfect square>