HELP ME ASAP 100 POINTS. Which statement is correct about the expansion of the Roman Empire?

A.
The Roman Empire lost its military as it was invading other areas.
B.
The Roman Empire gained new territory by conquering neighboring lands.
C.
The Roman Empire closed the roads when people attempted to leave Rome.
D.
The Roman Empire expanded because senators loved their dictator, Caesar.

B

After the first Punic war, land battles became more significant compared to naval wars. The military secured its borders and maintained internal order. Early territorial expansion campaigns began as a counter-offensive that brought large territorial areas under Rome.

answer

explanation

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we can rewrite this as:

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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