You encounter the expression: $3x^2+14x+8$. A peer suggests that directly finding integers which will add to 14 and multiply to 8 will factor this expression. Is this suggestion valid? Choose the best justification.

• A. Yes, the method works for any quadratic expression regardless of the leading coefficient, so the peer is correct
• B. No, because the leading coefficient is 3, you cannot directly look for integers which will add to 14 and multiply to 8; instead one must use the AC method or factor by grouping
• C. Yes, but only if you first divide the whole polynomial by 3 to make the leading coefficient equal to 1
• D. No, because 8 is not prime, and this particular pairing strategy fails only for composite constants