President hoover responded cautiously to the great depression because he a. thought that the business cycle would correct itself. b. was distracted by the giant dust storms in the great plains. c. did not have any experience with business methods and economic theory. d. believed that the federal government needed to take an active approach to recovery.

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

answer: karl marx, max weber, and emile durkheim (the fourth could be considered georg simmel)

explanation: