How did the Crusaders change the balance of power in Europe? Many nobles who returned form Palestine entered the Church.
The feudal system grew stronger, while the Church lost influence.
The Church more firmly exercised its control over monarchs.
Kings gained power due to the weakening of the feudal system.

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

the roman army grew in size and became dominant in the mediterranean region.