A person who pays money to be part owner in a company is a(n): socialist
communist
reformer
investor

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

the correct answer is 50.

companies passed on production and transportation costs to consumers