Question

Factor the following problem completely. First, factor out the greatest common factor, and then factor the remaining trinomial:

2x^2 + 12x + 16

Answer 1

I need step by step help, I want to solve it, not just answers, please.

Answer 2

first. do u see a gcf within all those numbers?

Answer 3

yo sry i gtg to sleep. but the gcf is 2

Answer 4

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Answer 5

2(x+4)(x+2)

Answer 6

So factor out a 2 because that's what 2,12, and 16 all have in common
So now you have
2(x^2 + 6x +8)

Do you know how to factor x^2 + 6x+8?