Byzantine women mainly

a.

stayed home and raised children.

b.

led independent lives.

c.

became well educated.

d.

were slaves.

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

this is a false claim the emancipation proclamtion freed all slaves in the rebillion states