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Product of a sum and difference/Difference of 2 squares:

(a+b)(a-b)

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Product of a sum and difference/Difference of 2 squares:

a2-b2

(Try Section 5.2 exercises 87, 105, 103, and 106 and Section 5.5 exercizes 15, 17, 23, 27, 21, 29, 35, and 37 in the textbook)

2
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Square of a Binomial (addition):

(a+b)2

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Square of a Binomial (addition):

a2+2ab+b2

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Square of a Binomial (subtraction):

(a-b)2

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Square of a Binomial (subtraction):

a2-2ab+b2

4
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Difference of 2 cubes:

a3-b3

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Difference of 2 cubes:

(a-b)(a2+ab+b2)

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/specfact2.htm

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Sum of 2 cubes:

a3+b3

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Sum of 2 cubes:

(a+b)(a2-ab+b2)

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