SOLUTION: Please help me factor x^2+9

Question 627446: Please help me factor x^2+9
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, hammy:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a sum of squares, which cannot be factored (over the rationals).

So this is prime.
Answer by hammy(9) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It may be prime, but that does not mean that you cannot factor it.
The correct factorization of :

In order to check, just FOIL.

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