What area did explorers from Portugal focus on exploring? (4 points) a
Between Africa and India

b
Between Africa and Asia

c
Between Europe and South America

d
Between Europe and North America

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

c would be the correct !

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