How do you factor the trinomial $16 x^{2} + 24 x + 64$ $16x^2 + 24x + 64$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-06-24T20:13:08

$8 (2 x^{2} + 3 x + 8)$ $8(2x^2 + 3x + 8)$

The first thing ti check for any expression is whether there is a common factor.
8 is a common factor of these terms.

$8 (2 x^{2} + 3 x + 8)$ $8(2x^2 + 3x + 8)$

The trinomial cannot be factorised as there are no factors of 2 and 8 which will add to give 3.

How do you factor the trinomial 16x^2 + 24x + 6416x2+24x+6416x^2 + 24x + 64?