The term balance of power means
two leaders should always share power.
one country should lead and others should follow.
no state should be more powerful than the rest.
states should be equal in all ways.

The correct answer is C. no state should be more powerful than the rest.

The term balance of power means that no state should be more powerful than the rest.

Explanation:

The balance of power is a political situation in which each State tries to maintain the so-called status quo or at least a situation close to balance in its relations with other states, in order to prevent the exclusive exercise of power by any of them in particular. The rupture of the balance in favor of one of those states, would give to this one a situation of predominance, domination, or hegemony.

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

no because we were not ready for war