Question

How can you tell if a trinomial is the square of a binomial?

Answer 1

The square of a binomial is always a trinomail since
(a+b)^2=a^2+2ab+b^2 and so if you can write your trinomial as a^2+2ab+b^2 or a^2-2ab+b^2, it will be the square of a binomial specifically (a+b)^2 and (a-b)^2 respectively