Provide an appropriate response.Explain the error in the following: x2 + 16 = (x + 4)(x - 4)

What will be an ideal response?


The polynomial x2 + 16 is not a difference of squares. Since x2 + 16 is a sum of squares with no common factor, it cannot be factored.

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A. 0
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