SOLUTION: hi! I'm Gracie, my class is going over chapter 8 in our text book. Chapter 8 is dealing with polynomials and factoring. chapter 8.6 is about factoring expressions. I don't understa

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Question 1018621: hi! I'm Gracie, my class is going over chapter 8 in our text book. Chapter 8 is dealing with polynomials and factoring. chapter 8.6 is about factoring expressions. I don't understand how to factor this expression though, can you help me?
3x^2 + 16x + 3
thanks!
Found 2 solutions by KMST, Alan3354:
Answer by KMST(5328) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can only factor polynomials with rational zeros.
The zeros of that polynomial are
%28-8+%2B-+sqrt%2855%29%29%2F3 .

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3x^2 + 16x + 3 is prime.
It can't be factored.