By the mid-16th century, the ottoman empire had

a. split into a sunni kingdom and a shia kingdom
b. expanded throughout much of southeastern europe
c. lost most of its former territories around the mediterranean sea
d. conquered the capital of the neighboring safavid empire

As clarification, it is definitely B). expanded throughout much of southeastern Europe

entering that problem on the tube you may come up with an answer

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: