Ms. donaldson earns $18.80 per hour for the first 40 hours she works in a week. she earns 1 1 2 times that amount per hour for each hour beyond 40 hours in a week. last week ms. donaldson worked 45.5 hours. how much money did she earn?

the correct answer option is (2x-3)(2x+3).

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the following expression and we are to factorize it:

we are to find such factors that when multiplied they give a result of 36 (9 x 4 = 36) and when added they give a result of 0.

the two such factors of 36 are negative six and postive six.

factorizing the given expression to get:

therefore, the correct factorization of is (2x-3)(2x+3).