SOLUTION: HOW TO FACTOR THIS? 4x^4y^2+9x^2y^4+12x^3y^3+16x^2y+24xy^2+16

SOLUTION: HOW TO FACTOR THIS? 4x^4y^2+9x^2y^4+12x^3y^3+16x^2y+24xy^2+16

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Question 1151484: HOW TO FACTOR THIS?
4x^4y^2+9x^2y^4+12x^3y^3+16x^2y+24xy^2+16

Answer by math_helper(2461) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I plugged it into Wolfram Alpha and got
=

The only approach I can see to factoring it w/o computer help is to assume
it is a square ( and are the hints) and then write:

Then by comparison of this last expression to the original, a=1,b=2,k=3.

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