What explains the conquistadors' conviction that glimmering cities of gold existed in the americas? a. they had read other travelers' reports. b. european metallurgists offered evidence of gold-bearing soils in mesoamerica. c. indians told europeans of glittering empires further west to get rid of the intruders. d. much of the gold europeans had acquired over centuries originated in the americas?

The explanation in regards of the conquistadors’ conviction that glimmering cities of gold existed in the Americans is that the Indians told Europeans of glittering empires further west in means of getting rid of the intruders. The correct answer is letter C. The conquistador is known as the soldiers or explorers of the Spanish or Portuguese empire in which they are the one responsible for declaring in regards of the gold that they said to have exist in America.

for this case we have the following equation:

we apply distributive property to the terms within parentheses.

subtracting 2 on both sides of the equation: