Question

Is this wrong?

Factorize x^2+3x+2
x^2+2x+x+2
x(x+2)+x+2
(x+2)(x+2)
if wrong please correct.
Help!

Answer 1

Explanation:

The last step is a little wrong. Lemme show you:

x(x + 2) + (x + 2)

Imagine there is an invisible '1' infront of (x + 2) like this:

= x(x + 2) + 1(x + 2)

Now we can combine the like terms together:

= (x + 1)(x + 2)

This is the correct factorization.