Which of the following was a major weakness of the articles of confederation? a. the government negotiated an end to the american revolution b. the government signed a treaty of alliance with france in 1778 c. the national government lacked the ability to tax d. the government gave citizens of all states the same rights

were at first enthusiastic in support of the revolution. however, over time divisions of opinion became apparent between federalists and anti-federalists

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