Question

Which of the binomials below is a factor of this trinomial?
x^2+8x+16

Answer 1

Answer: x+4

This is because the given expression factors to (x+4)(x+4), which condenses to (x+4)^2.

To factor, think of two numbers that A) multiply to 16, and B) add to 8. Those values would be 4 and 4

4+4 = 8

4*4 = 16

So that's how we end up with (x+4)(x+4). You can use the FOIL rule to expand that out and get x^2+8x+16 again to help verify you have the correct factorization.