Factor polynomial $$ 3p^{2}+16p+16 $$

$$ 3p^{2}+16p+16 = ( 3p+4 )( p+4 ) $$

Step 1: 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:

$$ a = 3 , b = 16 ~ \text{ and } ~ c = 16 $$

Step 2: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 3 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = 16} $.

$$ a \cdot c = 48 $$

Step 3: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = 48 $ and add to $ b = 16 $.

Step 4: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ 48 $ are:

PRODUCT = 48
1     48	-1     -48
2     24	-2     -24
3     16	-3     -16
4     12	-4     -12
6     8	-6     -8

Step 5: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 16 }$

PRODUCT = 48 and SUM = 16
1     48	-1     -48
2     24	-2     -24
3     16	-3     -16
4     12	-4     -12
6     8	-6     -8

Step 6: Replace middle term $ 16 x $ with $ 12x+4x $:

$$ 3x^{2}+16x+16 = 3x^{2}+12x+4x+16 $$

Step 7: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 3x $ out of the first two terms and $ 4 $ out of the last two terms.

$$ 3x^{2}+12x+4x+16 = 3x\left(x+4\right) + 4\left(x+4\right) = \left(3x+4\right) \left(x+4\right) $$

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