NAME ___________________________________________ DATE____________________________ PERIOD _____________ CP Algebra II Word Problem Practice Factoring Special Products 1. LOTTERY A state lottery commission analyzes the ticket purchasing patterns of its citizens. The following expression is developed to help officials calculate the likely number of people who will buy tickets for a certain size jackpot. 81 a 2 – 36 b 2 Factor the expression completely. 2. CONSTRUCTION The area of Liberty Township’s square playground is represented by the trinomial x 2 – 10x + 25. Factor the expression. 3. ARCHITECTURE The drawing shows a triangular roof truss with a base measuring the same as its height. The expression 1 2 x 2 – 98 represents the area of the triangular roof truss where x is the base and height. Factor the expression. Chapter 8 47 Glencoe Algebra 1