The document provides a lesson on factoring the sum and difference of two cubes. It begins with definitions of perfect cubes and examples of factoring expressions like x3 - 27 and x3 + 27 using the rule that (x - a)(x2 + ax + a2) = x3 - a3 and (x + a)(x2 - ax + a2) = x3 + a3. Students are then asked to determine if additional expressions are the sum or difference of two cubes and factor them accordingly. The next section covers factoring perfect square trinomials, defining them as expressions of the form a2 + 2ab + b2 and providing the factoring pattern (a + b)2. Examples