Question

Please help me solve this with multiplication. Thankl you!

Answer 1

1/6x² -1/6x -1/8

Explanation:

The distributive property applies. Fractions are multiplied and added in the usual way.

Product of binomials

The distributive property is used to eliminate parentheses. It can be convenient to write the fractions with a common denominator, then simplify the final product.

`\left((1)/(2)x+(1)/(4)\right)\left((1)/(3)x-(1)/(2)\right)=(2x+1)/(4)\cdot(2x-3)/(6)=(1)/(24)((2x)(2x-3)+1(2x-3))\\\\=(1)/(24)(4x^2-6x+2x-3)=\boxed{(1)/(6)x^2-(1)/(6)x-(1)/(8)}`