The answer would have to be c. When factoring, the two numbers have to multiply to give you -8 but add to give you -2. The correct factored answer would have been (x-4) (x+2) =0
Answer:
A rectangle
Step-by-step explanation:
Plot it carefully on grid paper. You will see that opposite sides are congruent making it a parallelogram, but adjacent sides are not, so it is not a square or a rhombus. Also each two adjacent sides are perpendicular, so it makes it a rectangle.
5x + 7
5x represents the weight of the 5 striped fish.
7 represents the fish that weighs 7 pounds.
