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The expression (x^2+px+16) is a perfect square and (p) is positive. What is the value of (p)?

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Correct answer: (8)

The direct answer is option B: \(p=8\). Since the constant term is \(16=4^2\), a perfect-square expression with a positive middle coefficient must be \((x+4)^2\). Expanding gives \((x+4)^2=x^2+2\cdot x\cdot4+4^2=x^2+8x+16\). Comparing with \(x^2+px+16\), we get \(p=8\). Option A, 4, is the square root of the constant term, not the middle coefficient. Option B, 8, is correct because the identity doubles that root in the middle term. Option C, 16, is the constant term itself, so it is not \(p\). Option D, 32, incorrectly doubles 16 instead of doubling 4. If the coefficient were negative, the other square \((x-4)^2\) would give \(p=-8\), but the question says \(p\) is positive, so only 8 is suitable. Memory cue: for \(x^2+px+q^2\), the positive perfect-square middle coefficient is \(p=2q\).

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