Governor Stevens ordered an election to choose the capital of the new Washington Territory.
the state legislature for Washington Territory.
the Supervisor of Indian Affairs in Washington.
the senator to represent Washington in the US Senate.

BEING TIMED

The state legislature for washington  territory

what are the others?

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