Population growth is a serious issue in India and other countries in South and Southeast Asia. How large was India’s population by 2011?
A.
600 million
B.
800 million
C.
1 billion
D.
1.2 billion

The answer was D

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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:

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