Republic * Independent states that join together to form a government
A country ruled by a dictator
A country in which the people chose representatives to govern them
A country in which the people directly choose the governing body

A republic is a confederation of independent state governments that form a large federal government. In a republic, the people choose who will govern them. These people are known as representatives. Thus answer 2 is correct.

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