Solution - Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 1.1     Factoring  p²-16p+64 

The first term is,  p²  its coefficient is  1 .
The middle term is,  -16p  its coefficient is  -16 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +64 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • 64 = 64 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  64  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -16 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -8  and  -8 
                     p² - 8p - 8p - 64

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    p • (p-8)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    8 • (p-8)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (p-8)  •  (p-8)
             Which is the desired factorization

Multiplying Exponential Expressions :

 1.2    Multiply  (p-8)  by  (p-8) 

The rule says : To multiply exponential expressions which have the same base, add up their exponents.

In our case, the common base is  (p-8)  and the exponents are :
          1 , as  (p-8)  is the same number as  (p-8)¹ 
 and   1 , as  (p-8)  is the same number as  (p-8)¹ 
The product is therefore,  (p-8)⁽¹⁺¹⁾ = (p-8)² 

Final result :

  (p - 8)2