Question

Can you Factor each Polynomial? This one stumps me. vp+12v+8p+96 I get it all the way to (vp+12v) (8p+96)

Answer 1

ok so
(vp+12v)+(8p+96)
reverse distributive property is
ab+ac=a(b+c) therefor
vp+12v=v(p+12)
and
8p+96=8(p+12)
now we have

v(p+12)+8(p+12)
undistribute again
(p+12)(v+8)