The final product of the expression when simplified is: -30x² + 8x - 8. Thus, statements C and D are true.
How to simplify an expression?
The given expression is
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a. The term -2(x - 2)² is simplified by first squaring the expression x - 2 as shown in the calculation below:
-2(x - 2)² = -2(x² - 4x + 4) = -2x² + 8x - 8
b. The simplified product is not a binomial; it's a trinomial.
c. After multiplying, the like terms are combined by adding and subtracting as demonstrated below:
Now let's substitute the simplified form of -2(x - 2)² back into the expression:
3x(x - 12x) + 3x² - 2(x - 2)² = 3x(-11x) + 3x² - 2x² + 8x - 8.
-33x² + 3x² + 8x - 8 = -30x² + 8x - 8.
d. As demonstrated above, we see that the parentheses are eliminated through multiplication.
e. The final simplified product is -30x² + 8x - 8, not -28x² + 8x - 8, so statement e is false.
Complete Question:
Simplify the expression 3x(x – 12x) + 3x2 – 2(x – 2)2. Which statements are true about the process and simplified product? Check all that apply.
a. The term –2(x – 2)2 is simplified by first squaring the expression x – 2.
b. The simplified product is a binomial.
c. After multiplying, the like terms are combined by adding and subtracting.
d. The parentheses are eliminated through multiplication.
e. The final simplified product is –28x2 +8x – 8.