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Write an expression equivalent to 6 - 4(3 - 6m) + 12m that is the product of two factors. Show your work.

User Royd Brayshay
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Final answer:

The expression 6 - 4(3 - 6m) + 12m can be simplified and then factored as -6 * (1 - 6m), which is the equivalent expression written as the product of two factors.

Step-by-step explanation:

To write the expression 6 - 4(3 - 6m) + 12m as a product of two factors, we first need to simplify the expression by applying the distributive property.

We distribute the -4 across the parentheses:

  • 6 - 4 * 3 + 4 * 6m + 12m
  • 6 - 12 + 24m + 12m

Then we combine like terms:

  • -6 + 36m

This expression can be factored as:

  • -6 * (1 - 6m)

The expression -6 * (1 - 6m) is an equivalent expression to the original and is written as the product of two factors, -6 and (1 - 6m).

User Pezy
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Answer: 6(6m - 1)

Step-by-step explanation:

6 - 4(3 - 6m) + 12m

= 6 -12 + 24m + 12m

= 36m - 6

= 6(6m - 1)

User Anshumaan Mishra
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