How does the elastic clause of the constitution allow the government to stretch its powers to meet new needs of the nation?

The correct answer was

By giving Congress the right to exercise powers not specifically listed in the Constitution

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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:

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