Question

Factor completely: 2x^2 + 12x + 16

A. 2(x + 4)(x + 2)

B. 2(x + 8)(x + 1)

C. (x + 2)(x + 8)

D. 2(x + 2)(x + 8)

Answer 1

You could first do this by simplifying. If you do so correctly, you would get x^2+6x+8.

With this in mind you could then factor out to in. So __*__=8 and __+__=6

You would then get 2 & 4, leading to 2(x+4)(x+2).

Due to this the answer is A.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

it did thanks