Francesco petrarch was concerned that his efforts for fame would
a. drive him into debt
c. overshadow his art
b. ruin his chance at salvation
d. cause others to envy him

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