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You can easily identify it.
- The first and last term are perfect squares.
Example: X2 + 2xy + y2
- The first and last term are Positive.
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That is rubbish.
The first and last terms of x2 + x + 1 are perfect squares but the trinomial is not. In fact, it has no real factors.
If the trinomial is written in the form ax2 + bx + c , then it is a perfect square if b2 = 4ac
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