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What is a perfect square trinomial and can you provide an example

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An expressions obtained from the square of binomial expression is a perfect square trinomial . For example: x square+2x+1
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A perfect square trinomial is a trinomial that factors as two identical binomials.

For example, x² + 8x + 16 factors as (x + 4)(x + 4) or (x + 4)².

Another example would be x² - 12x - 36 which factors as (x - 6)².

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