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Question 4: -12a - 4 and -4(3a - 1) are equivalent expressions. True False > false

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If we use the distributive property on the second expression, we get the following:


-4\cdot(3a-1)=-4\cdot(3a)-4(-1)=-12a+4

therefore, the expressions are not equivalent

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