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What are the factors of the trinomial 3x^2 + 16x + 5? Show your work analytically

User Anchal
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Answer:

3x+1 and x+5 are the factors

Explanation:

Here's the slide-and-divide method to find the factors:


3x^2+16x+5


(3x^2)/(3)+16x+5(3)


x^2+16x+15


(x+1)(x+15)


(3*x+1)(x+(15)/(3))


(3x+1)(x+5)

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