Which statement best summarizes why people were motivated to take advantage of the homestead act?

The act made it possible for farmers to work for their own benefit. Is the correct answer for edge.

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

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