In the early 21st century, the united states sent troops to both afghanistan and iraq to

establish democratic colonies throughout the region

prevent the support and conduct of terror activities

assist both nations in their wish for independence

focus public attention on human rights violations

what following?

explanation:

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