The map shows the Mauryan Empire’s trading routes. What does the map show about the empire’s trade?

It traded by both land and sea routes.
It traded with people on different continents.
It traded most heavily with regions to the east.
It traded primarily with Burma and the Tarim Basin.

I think it traded with people on different continents.

b. africa to the americas

explanation:

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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:

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