Fill in the blank. During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, we assemble in front of a fire outside the church. This fire is blessed, and the Easter, or
candle is lit from it. The lighted
candle
represents the Risen Christ among us.

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