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AFOQT Exam Prep 30, Factoring Quadratics — Difference of Squares, AC Method
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This podcast is made by Ran Chen, who holds an EA license, Insurance and Securities licenses (Series 6, 63, 65), and the CFP® designation. He is passionate about opening access to high-quality exam preparation resources and helping learners prepare more effectively for professional certification exams.
In this episode you will learn:
- How to quickly identify and factor a Difference of Squares (a² − b²).
- The pattern for recognizing and factoring Perfect Square Trinomials (a² ± 2ab + b²).
- A step-by-step breakdown of the AC method for factoring complex trinomials (ax² + bx + c).
- Common AFOQT traps, including sign errors and forgetting to pull out the GCF.
- The "Multiply, Add, Replace, Group" mnemonic for the AC method.
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