The first activity in test preparation is to determine what the test will be about.
select the best answer from the choices provided
true or false ?

true

Explanation:

if you dont know what the test will be about, how can you prepare and study for it

answer

explanation

the given equation is

we can rewrite this as:

let

then the equation becomes:

the factors of 8 that sum up to -9 are {-1,-8}

we split the middle term with these factors to obtain,

we factor by grouping to obtain:

apply the zero product property to get:

but