SOLUTION: FACTORING: 16y^2 + 24y + 9 there is no GCF of any of these numbers

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: FACTORING: 16y^2 + 24y + 9 there is no GCF of any of these numbers
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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Looking at we can see that the first term is and the last term is where the coefficients are 16 and 9 respectively.

Now multiply the first coefficient 16 and the last coefficient 9 to get 144. Now what two numbers multiply to 144 and add to the middle coefficient 24? Let's list all of the factors of 144:

Factors of 144:
1,2,3,4,6,8,9,12,16,18,24,36,48,72

-1,-2,-3,-4,-6,-8,-9,-12,-16,-18,-24,-36,-48,-72 ...List the negative factors as well. This will allow us to find all possible combinations

These factors pair up and multiply to 144
1*144
2*72
3*48
4*36
6*24
8*18
9*16
12*12
(-1)*(-144)
(-2)*(-72)
(-3)*(-48)
(-4)*(-36)
(-6)*(-24)
(-8)*(-18)
(-9)*(-16)
(-12)*(-12)

note: remember two negative numbers multiplied together make a positive number

Now which of these pairs add to 24? Lets make a table of all of the pairs of factors we multiplied and see which two numbers add to 24

First Number	Second Number	Sum
1	144	1+144=145
2	72	2+72=74
3	48	3+48=51
4	36	4+36=40
6	24	6+24=30
8	18	8+18=26
9	16	9+16=25
12	12	12+12=24
-1	-144	-1+(-144)=-145
-2	-72	-2+(-72)=-74
-3	-48	-3+(-48)=-51
-4	-36	-4+(-36)=-40
-6	-24	-6+(-24)=-30
-8	-18	-8+(-18)=-26
-9	-16	-9+(-16)=-25
-12	-12	-12+(-12)=-24

From this list we can see that 12 and 12 add up to 24 and multiply to 144

Now looking at the expression , replace with (notice adds up to . So it is equivalent to )

Now let's factor by grouping:

Group like terms

Factor out the GCF of out of the first group. Factor out the GCF of out of the second group

Since we have a common term of , we can combine like terms

So factors to

So this also means that factors to (since is equivalent to )

note: is equivalent to since the term occurs twice. So also factors to

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Answer:
So factors to

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