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OpenStudy (foreverandalways13):

factor! x^2+4x+3

OpenStudy (ankit042):

x^2+3x+x+3 =0 (x+3)(x+1)=0 x =-3 or x=-1

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

well, \[x ^{2}+4x+3=x ^{2}+4x+4-1=(x +2)^{2}-1\] that's your answer!

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

no! @ankit042 that's solving not factorizing!

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

oooops! my HUGE mistake! @ankit042 , your right. the solutions are x=-3and x=-1, thus we can factorize it as (x+3)(x+1)

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

well,my method works too. recall the formula \[a ^{2}-b ^{2}=(a+b)^{2}*(a-b)^{2}\]

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

so a=x+2 and b=1 plug in the formula above yields the same result

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

soory no square!

OpenStudy (foreverandalways13):

ok help once more...

OpenStudy (foreverandalways13):

find x: 9x^2+6x+1

OpenStudy (foreverandalways13):

guys no time to explain....I have 10 minutes!!!

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

while you can factoize it immediately which should be (3x +1)^2 so 3x=-1, x=-1/3

OpenStudy (caozeyuan):

my answer definitely helps, right?

OpenStudy (foreverandalways13):

yes it helps thanks!

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