SOLUTION: Please help Factor completely: 45a^2+150at+125t^2 Thank you!

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Question 315687: Please help
Factor completely: 45a^2+150at+125t^2
Thank you!
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20054) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

45a%5E2%2B150at%2B125t%5E2

Factor out 5

5%289a%5E2%2B30at%2B25t%5E2%29

Factor the trinomial in parentheses

5%283a%2B5t%29%283a%2B5t%29

Those binomial factors are the same so we can write the product
of it with itself as itself squared.

5%283a%2B5t%29%5E2

Edwin