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Exercise 15 Page 91

To factor a perfect square trinomial, the first and last terms have to be perfect squares.

Is the Trinomial a Perfect Square? No.

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To determine if an expression is a perfect square trinomial, we need to start by asking ourselves a question about the first term.

Is the first term a perfect square?

5t^2 *

As we can see, the answer is no! Therefore, we cannot write the trinomial as the square of a binomial.

Exercise 15 Page 91

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