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A number of expressions to be factorized are         (ii) Factorization using Identity II :
             of the form or can be put into the form :            In the 2  nd  identity, a -  2 ab +  b = ( a -  b) 1st
                                                                                                      2
                                                                                           2
                                                                                                                 2
               2
                                          2
                              2
                          2
                                                  2
                                           ,
                           ,
             a +  2 ab +  b a -   2 ab + b a  2  - b  and         and the last term should be perfect square and
              2
             x + ( a +  b +  ab. These expressions can be
                        )
                                                                  the middle term is two times the square root of
             easily factorized using Identities I, II, III and     st
                                                                  1  and the last term and the sign of the middle
             IV given below.
                                                                  term is negative.
                    2
                               2
               (i) a +  2 ab +  b = ( a +  b) 2
                    2
                               2
                                    -
              (ii) a -  2 ab +  b ( a b) 2                        Examples on 2nd Identity of
                                                                  Factorization :
                        2
                    2
                                    (
                                      -
                                  )
             (iii) a -  b = ( a +  b a b)                                          2               2
                   2
                                              )
                                                (
                             )
             (iv) x + ( a +  b x +  ab = ( x +  a x +  b)         Example 9. 4 p -    20pq +   25q
                                                                                 2
                                                                  Solution: 4 p -   20pq +  25q  2
             In this section we will learn Factorization
                                                                                      2
                                                                            = (2p ) 2  - .(2p ).(5q )  + (5q ) 2
             using Identities one by one.
                                                                                        2
                                                                                       )
                                                                            = (2p  - 5q  [ since a = 2 p and b = 5 q;
             (i) Factorization using Identity I :                                                       Q  = (a  - ) ]
                                                                                                                    2
                                                                                                                 b
                                   2
                                                          2
                                               2
                     st
             In the 1  identity, a +   2 ab +  b = ( a +  b) , We  Example 10. 1 16-   x  2  +  64x  4
                                st
             can see that the  1  and the last term should be     Solution: = ( )1  2  - .( ).(8x  2 )  + (8x 2 2
                                                                                        1
                                                                                                       )
                                                                                     2
             perfect square and the middle term is two                      = (1 8x  2 2                        x ;
                                                                                                                  2
                                                                                      )   [ since a =1 and b = 8
                                                                                -
                                                          st
             times the square root of the product of 1  and                                  2          2          2
                                                                                           a -  2 ab +  b = ( a -  b) ]
             the last term and the sign of the middle term is
             positive.                                            (iii) Factorization using Identity III :
             Examples on 1st Identity of                          Some quadratic polynomials will be missing
                                                                  the middle term. Often these polynomials are
             Factorization
                                                                  the difference of two squares.
                             2
             Example 7. 9a +     12ab +  4b 2
                                                                  These polynomials come from multiplying the
                           2
             Solution: 9a +   12ab +  4b 2
                                                                  sum and difference of binomials,          such as
                       2
             = (3a ) 2  + .(3a ).(2b )  + (2b ) 2                 (a +  b ) (a -  ) b =  a -  b 2  when simplified.
                                                                                     2
             Now let, 3a =  A and 2b =  B
             So, substituting A for 3a and B for 2b we get:       Examples on 3rd Identity of
               2
                            2
             A +  2 AB +  B  Now, this is similar to the I        Factorization :
             Identity i.e.                                        Example 11. 16x -     9y 2
                                                                                     2
                          2
               2
             a +  2 ab +  b = ( a +  b) 2                         Solution: 16x -   9y 2
                                                                                 2
                                   2
             So, factor is (A +  B ) =  ( a + 2  ) b  2                           = (4x ) 2  - (3y ) 2
                                       3
             or (3a +  2b ) (3a +  2b )                                           = (4x  + 3y ) (4x  - 3y )
                                    [ since A = 3 a and B = 2 b]                          [since a = 4 x and b = 3 y;
                                                                                                   2
                                                                                              2
                                    1                                                       a -  b = ( a +  b a -  b)]
                                                                                                            )
                                                                                                              (
                            4
             Example 8. x +    2 +
                                    x 4                           Example 12. x -     x y  4
                                                                                  4
                                                                                       4
                                  1                                             4    4  4
                         4
             Solution: x +   2 +                                  Solution :  x -  x y
                                 x 4                                              = (x 2 2  -[(xy ) ]
                                                                                                 2 2
                                                                                       )
                                                2
                                      1    æ 1  ö                                     2     2  2   2    2  2
                         )
                              2
                    = (x  2 2  + .(x  2 ) .  + ç  ÷                               = (x  + x y  ) (x  - x y  )
                                      x 2  è x  2  ø                                   [ since a =  x  and b = ( xy) ;
                                                                                                     2
                                                                                                                   2
                                                                                                   2
                                                                                              2
                                                2
                                                                                                            )
                                                                                                              (
                    = (x  2  + / x  2 2        x  and b =1/  x]                             a -  b = ( a +  b a -  b)]
                            1
                                 )  [since a =
                      æ      1  ö æ     1  ö                      In the 2nd parenthesis(bracket), we can
                    = çx 2  +  ÷ çx  2  +  ÷
                      è      x 2  ø è   x 2  ø                    apply the 3rd identity of Factorization again
                                                                                     2
                                                                            = (x  2  + x y 2 ) (x  + xy ) (x  - xy )
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