Tuesday, September 9, 2014

2014/081) factor $(x+1) (x+3) (x+5) (x+7)+16 $

$(x+1) (x+3) (x+5) (x+7)+16$
= $((x+1)(x+7))( (x+3)(x+5)) + 16$
= $(x^2 + 8x + 7) (x^2+ 8x+ 15)+ 16 $
=$ ((x^2 + 8x + 11) - 4)(x^2 + 8x+ 11) + 4) + 16$
= $(x^2+ 8x+ 11)^2 – 16 + 16$
= $(x^2+ 8x + 11)^2 $

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