Question

4x(3x − 7) − 19x2
the 2 behind the x is an exponent

Answer 1

-7x(x + 4)

Explanation:

Not sure exactly what you're doing with this, but I know you're not solving it for x because there's no " = " there so I am assuming you're simplifying it as much as possible. I'm going with that.

First thing is to distribute through the parenthesis by multiplying 4x by 3x and then 4x by -7 to get:

`12x^2-28x-19x^2`

Now combine like terms to get

`-7x^2-28x`

The last thing you could do now is pull out what's common between each of those terms which is -7x. When you do that, you're left with

-7x(x + 4)