Which best describes Henry Clay’s American System?
A:It placed tariffs on Southern goods to benefit people in the North.
B:It placed tariffs on foreign imports to build roads and infrastructure.
C:It was a compromise that brought the nullification crisis to an end.
D:It lowered prices for imports, which became cheaper than American goods.

B -  It placed tariffs on foreign imports to build roads and infrastructure.

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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