Question

Which expression is equivalent to −1/12 x − 1/3?

1/12(−x−1/4)
1/12(−x−1/3)
1/12(−x−4)
1/12(−x+4)

Answer 1

(c) 1/12(−x−4)

Explanation:

You want to know an expression equivalent to −1/12 x − 1/3.

Distributive property

The distributive property lets you remove a common factor from two or more terms and put that outside parentheses.

Application

The answer choices suggest that 1/12 is the common factor that is being removed. We can look at what remains when that is factored out:

−1/12 x − 1/3 = -(1/12)x -4/12 = -(1/12)x -(1/12)(4) = 1/12(-x -4)