Expanding and Factoring Quadratic Expressions
Learn to expand binomials and factor simple trinomials. Students will explore the inverse relationship between expanding and factoring.
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Learn to expand binomials and factor simple trinomials. Students will explore the inverse relationship between expanding and factoring.
Key Questions
- How do we expand binomials using the distributive property?
- What is the relationship between expanding and factoring?
- How do we factor simple quadratic trinomials?
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