Question

What are the factors of the trinomial 3x^2 + 16x + 5? Show your work analytically

Answer 1

3x+1 and x+5 are the factors

Explanation:

Here's the slide-and-divide method to find the factors:

`3x^2+16x+5`

`(3x^2)/(3)+16x+5(3)`

`x^2+16x+15`

`(x+1)(x+15)`

`(3*x+1)(x+(15)/(3))`

`(3x+1)(x+5)`