Warm Up
- Complete each row with an equivalent expression in standard form or factored form.
Standard Form | Factored Form |
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d. _____ |
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e. _____ |
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a. What is the factored form of ?
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b. What is the factored form of ?
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c. What is the factored form of ?
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or or
d. What is the standard form of ?
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e. What is the standard form of ?
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f. What is the standard form of ?
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2. What do the quadratic expressions in each column have in common (besides the fact that everything in the left column is in standard form and everything in the other column is in factored form)? Be prepared to share your observations.
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In the left column, all the expressions in standard form have a squared term and a linear term but no constant term, and the squared term has a coefficient of either 1 or -1. In the right column, one of the factors is just a variable whose coefficient is 1 or -1, and the other factor is either a sum or a difference.