Question

Identify the factors of 9x^2+24x+16

Answer 1

Hi friend,

This is a perfect square trinomial.

It can be recognised because it is of the form:

a^2−2ab+b^2=(a−b)^2

with a=3x and b=4

9x2−24x+16=(3x)2−(2⋅(3x)⋅4)+42

=(3x−4)2