What does it mean when the officer told the colonists "lay down your arms"

neel down

on your knees and put your hand back on your neck

your answer would be (a)

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