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Name ______________________
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- poly8.
- The following are examples of expressions written in factored or in product
form. Some of the products have special names.
- Complete the table.
| Factored Form | Product | This is called a |
| (x + y)2 | ____________ | ________________________ |
| (x - y)2 | ____________ | ________________________ |
| (x - y)(x2 + xy + y2) | ________________ | _________________________ |
| (x + y)(x2 - xy + y2) | ________________ | _________________________ |
| __________________ | x2 - y2 | __________________________ |
| __________________ | x2 + y2* | _________________________ |
* This expression can't be factored over the reals but can be factored over
the complex numbers. |