What might be the cargo of a ship moving from europe to west africa in the trans-atlantic slave trade?
rum from the caribbean
slaves from the caribbean
manufactured goods from france
tobacco from the americas

Manufactured goods from France.

The trans-Atlantic slave trade took the form of a triangle, so it is often called the "triangular trade." Goods from Europe travelled to Africa, where they were traded for slaves. These goods included items such as guns, ammunition and factory-made goods. The African slaves were then transported to the Americas. Slave labour in the colonies produced cotton, sugar, tobacco, molasses and rum which were carried to Europe.

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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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