Which statements describe impacts of the age of discovery select all that apply

These were the options given:

New trade routes to Asia were discovered.

European trade was expanded.

Better technology led to better ships.  

Trade with the New World declined.

European countries were unable to expand their influence

The correct answers were:

New trade routes to Asia were discovered.

European trade was expanded.

Better technology led to better ships.  

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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