Question

Select the two binomials that are factors of this trinomial x2+10x+16

Answer 1

So for this trinomial, I will be factoring by grouping. Firstly, what two terms have a product of 16x^2 and a sum of 10x? That would be 8x and 2x. Replace 10x with 2x + 8x:

$x^2+2x+8x+16$

Next, factor x^2 + 2x and 8x + 16 separately. Make sure that they have the same quantity inside the parentheses: $x(x+2)+8(x+2)$

Now you can rewrite this as $(x+8)(x+2)$ , which is your final answer.