In 1739, the war of jenkins' ear broke out between a. georgia and spanish-controlled florida. b. carolina and spanish-controlled florida. c. virginia and spanish-controlled florida. d. maryland and spanish-controlled florida.

Correct answer is A. The War of Jenkin's Ear was mainly a conflict between British and Spanish forces in an imperialist context. They were fighting for domination of the seas and trade routes in the Caribbean. War broke out after spanish guards cut the ear of a British Captain called Jenkins, since they were already fighting for control of areas of the Caribbean they also started fighting about the border between British controlled Georgia and Spanish Florida.

A is the correct answer

Explanation:

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: