Step 1 :
After factoring out $ 2 $ we have:
$$ 16x^{2}+134x+48 = 2 ( 8x^{2}+67x+24 ) $$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:
Step 3: Multiply the leading coefficient $\color{blue}{ a = 8 }$ by the constant term $\color{blue}{c = 24} $.
$$ a \cdot c = 192 $$Step 4: Find out two numbers that multiply to $ a \cdot c = 192 $ and add to $ b = 67 $.
Step 5: All pairs of numbers with a product of $ 192 $ are:
| PRODUCT = 192 | |
| 1 192 | -1 -192 |
| 2 96 | -2 -96 |
| 3 64 | -3 -64 |
| 4 48 | -4 -48 |
| 6 32 | -6 -32 |
| 8 24 | -8 -24 |
| 12 16 | -12 -16 |
Step 6: Find out which factor pair sums up to $\color{blue}{ b = 67 }$
| PRODUCT = 192 and SUM = 67 | |
| 1 192 | -1 -192 |
| 2 96 | -2 -96 |
| 3 64 | -3 -64 |
| 4 48 | -4 -48 |
| 6 32 | -6 -32 |
| 8 24 | -8 -24 |
| 12 16 | -12 -16 |
Step 7: Replace middle term $ 67 x $ with $ 64x+3x $:
$$ 8x^{2}+67x+24 = 8x^{2}+64x+3x+24 $$Step 8: Apply factoring by grouping. Factor $ 8x $ out of the first two terms and $ 3 $ out of the last two terms.
$$ 8x^{2}+64x+3x+24 = 8x\left(x+8\right) + 3\left(x+8\right) = \left(8x+3\right) \left(x+8\right) $$