It is french for rebirth and was tine of learning and knowledge

(The Renaissance) it took place in Europe during the fifteenth century

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

a variant spelling of the word dote (british)