How do you factor v4+16v2d2+64d4?

2 Answers
Dec 5, 2017

(v2+8d2)2

Explanation:

v4+16v2d2+64d4

=(v2+8d2)2

Dec 5, 2017

(v2+8d2)2

Explanation:

We can recognize that the expression is in the form of the expansion of (a+b)2:
(a+b)2=a2+2ab+b2

We can therefor tell that a2=v4 and b2=64d4. Taking the square root of both of these equations, we get:
a=v2, b=8d2 (Note that we're only interested in the positive square root, since the middle coefficient is positive).

This is all we need to know to be able to factor like so:
v4+16v2d2+64d4=(v2+8d2)2