SOLUTION: Factor the following trinomial: 16x^2 + 40xy + 25y^2

Question 64093: Factor the following trinomial:
16x^2 + 40xy + 25y^2

Found 2 solutions by funmath, chitra:
Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It helps in factoring this to be able to recognize a perfect square trinomial:
There are two possibilities for a perfect square:

:
Factor the following trinomial:

Happy Calculating!!!

Answer by chitra(359) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The given expression can be written as:

This is in the form of

this is nothing but the expansion of

So this can be further simplified as :

Regards,
Chitra

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