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Simplify 1/2-3(1/2+1)^2 enter answer as a simplified fraction
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1/2-3(1/2+1)^2

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(1)/(2)-3((1)/(2)+1)^(2) = (1)/(2)-3((1)/(2)+(1*2)/(1*2) )^(2)


=(1)/(2)-3((1)/(2)+(2)/(2) )^(2)\\\\\\=(1)/(2)-3((3)/(2))^(2)\\\\\\=(1)/(2)-3*(9)/(4)\\\\\\=(1*2)/(2*2)-(27)/(4)\\\\\\=(2)/(4)-(27)/(4)\\\\\\=(2-27)/(4)\\\\=(-25)/(4)\\\\\\= -6(1)/(4)

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