In this lecture on Special Products, you will learn how to use Square of a Sum, Square of a Difference, and Difference of Two Squares to make faster calculations in algebra. At the end are four examples for you to practice.
memorize the following special cases of products: the square of the
sum of two terms, the square of the difference of two terms, and the
product of the sum and the difference of the same two terms.
The first two are
called perfect squares and the last one is called the
difference of two squares. All of them are important and are
used often in later work. Be sure you know this material well.
Lecture Slides are screen-captured images of important points in the lecture. Students can download and print out these lecture slide images to do practice problems as well as take notes while watching the lecture.