Which countries/regions did Japan conquer between 1894 and 1940?

it would be

Explanation:

Taiwan (1902)

Korea (1910)

German islands located in the pacific region of Manchuria

Parts/regions of China

Frenchindo (China)

Explanation:

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