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Special Binomial Products

Difference of two squares and square of binomial

What about (a + b)(a - b)?

You can multiply the special binomials like any other binomials. However, you might notice that the middle term seems to "disappear".

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What about (a + b)(a + b)?

You can multiply the binomials like any other pair.

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