Factor polynomial $$ 16x^{2}+32x+12 $$

$$ 16x^{2}+32x+12 = 4( 2x+1 )( 2x+3 ) $$

Step 1 :

After factoring out $ 4 $ we have:

$$ 16x^{2}+32x+12 = 4 ( 4x^{2}+8x+3 ) $$

Step 2 :

Step 2: Identify constants $ a $ , $ b $ and $ c $.
$ a $ is a number in front of the $ x^2 $ term $ b $ is a number in front of the $ x $ term and $ c $ is a constant. In this case:

$$ a = 4 , b = 8 ~ \text{ and } ~ c = 3 $$

Step 3: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 4 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = 3} $.

$$ a \cdot c = 12 $$

Step 4: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = 12 $ and add to $ b = 8 $.

Step 5: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ 12 $ are:

PRODUCT = 12
1     12	-1     -12
2     6	-2     -6
3     4	-3     -4

Step 6: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 8 }$

PRODUCT = 12 and SUM = 8
1     12	-1     -12
2     6	-2     -6
3     4	-3     -4

Step 7: Replace middle term $ 8 x $ with $ 6x+2x $:

$$ 4x^{2}+8x+3 = 4x^{2}+6x+2x+3 $$

Step 8: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 2x $ out of the first two terms and $ 1 $ out of the last two terms.

$$ 4x^{2}+6x+2x+3 = 2x\left(2x+3\right) + 1\left(2x+3\right) = \left(2x+1\right) \left(2x+3\right) $$

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