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Conjugate Pair
A conjugate pair consists of two binomials that share the same first term and the same last term but differ only in the operation connecting them: one uses addition and the other uses subtraction. The general form of a conjugate pair is and .
For example, and form a conjugate pair because both have as their first term and as their last term, with one being a difference and the other a sum. Likewise, and are conjugates, as are and .
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