Question

Factor the expression below.

16x2 - 40x+ 25
O A. (8x - 5)(2x - 5)
O B. (4x - 5)(4x - 5)
C. (8x + 5)(2x + 5)
D. (4x + 5)(4x + 5)

Answer 1

Answer: B

Explanation:

When you factor an expression, you want to take out a factor of the numbers and variables.

Since this expression is a bit hard to factor as itself, we can FOIL the answers to see the correct expressions.

(4x-5)(4x-5)

16x²-20x-20x+25

16x²-40x+25