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No. A counter-example proves the falsity: Consider the two binomials (x + 2) and (x - 2). Then (x + 2)(x - 2) = x2 - 2x + 2x - 4 = x2 - 4 another binomial.
It means that the question has been written by someone who does not know what the word "polynomial" means, or else that this is a copy-and-paste by someone who knows even less! Only a trinomial can be written as a product of two binomials. No polynomial of any other order can!
A binomial has two terms, while a trinomial has 3 terms. So both terms of the binomial will multiply each term of the trinomial (distribution property). After the multiplication you'll have 6 terms. Look for like terms, if there are, combine them.
The two binomials can be written as (x - a)(x + a), for any constant a. Proof: Expand using FOIL: (x - a)(x + a) = x2 + xa - xa - a2 Group: (x - a)(x + a) = x2 - a2 x2 - a2 is a difference of squares. Thus, the product of (x - a) and (x + a) is a difference of squares.
what is the process of writing a expression as a product? is it Factoring, Quadractic equation, perfect Square trinomial or difference of two squares