When did alexander die, and how far did his empire extend at the time of his death?

acctually alexandar the great's empire started to fall, and divded among many peices after his death in 323 bc

explanation:

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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:

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