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What is the completely factored form of the expression 16x2 + 8x + 32?

4(4x2 + 2x + 8)
4(12x2 + 4x + 28)
8(2x2 + x + 4)
8x(8x2 + x + 24)

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Factor out the GCF 8: 16x^2 + 8x + 32 = 8(2x^2 + x + 4).
(The quadratic 2x^2 + x + 4 has discriminant 1−32 = −31, so it doesn't factor further over the rationals.)