Hi, I need help with this question if that's ok with anyone? In the Soviet Union, Stalin used many different measures to consolidate his power.

Which measure did he not use?

pitting his rivals against each other

sending people to prison camps

killing dissidents

holding free elections

 I think is is option D

Explanation: I hope i helped, sorry if i didnt, have a good day,xx.

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

1) she is extremely upset