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advanced-mathFactor:
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B
C
D
Correct Answer: B
Choice B is the correct answer. Check if this is a Perfect Square Trinomial.
- First term is .
- Last term is .
- Middle term is . Does ? Yes.
Therefore, it factors to .
Choice A is incorrect because this is the factorization for (Difference of Squares). Choice C is incorrect because the middle term would be . Choice D is incorrect because the middle term would be .