How do you simplify $1/4 (a^2 + 12b) - (3a + 6b)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-04T19:53:48

$a^2/4 -3b-3a$

Given expression,

$1/4(a^2+12b)-(3a+6b)$

We get,

$1/4(a^2+12b)-(3a+6b) = a^2/4+color (blue) (3b)-3a-color (blue) (6b) = a^2/4 -3b-3a$

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