Athens, Sparta, and Corinth are all examples of Greek. A. islands
B. countries
C. city-states
D. tribes

i think itz option C hope it may help u

i need to see the answer to answer the question

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:

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