SOLUTION: How do you solve X^2+2x+1 by factoring

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Question 18367: How do you solve X^2+2x+1 by factoring
Answer by Alwayscheerful(414) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
first, you make something that looks like this.
%28x%2B_%29%28x%2B_%29
Take the last number of the equation, 1.
What are factors of that numbers, in other words, what times what equals 1?
Obviously 1%2A1
Then just plug 1 and 1 into the empty spaces.
%28x%2B1%29%28x%2B1%29
since they are the same, you can stack them.
%28x%2B1%29%5E2
Hope this helps!