Hello. I am currently stuck on factoring polynomials by grouping for the following problem:
16x^3 + 24x^2 + 9x
Apparently the answer is x(4x+3)^2, but how?
I took a common factor from the product of A & B whose sum equaled 24, the second term, and got this:
16x^3 + 12x + 12x + 9x , from here I grouped them as such:
(16x^3 + 12x) (12x + 9x)
At this point it becomes a disaster.
I factored to 4x(4x^2 + 3) 3(4x + 3x), umm ???
Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!
16x^3 + 24x^2 + 9x
Apparently the answer is x(4x+3)^2, but how?
I took a common factor from the product of A & B whose sum equaled 24, the second term, and got this:
16x^3 + 12x + 12x + 9x , from here I grouped them as such:
(16x^3 + 12x) (12x + 9x)
At this point it becomes a disaster.
I factored to 4x(4x^2 + 3) 3(4x + 3x), umm ???
Any help would be much appreciated, thank you!