Question

Which expression is equivalent to 1/4 (8-6x+12)

Answer 1

So:

Let us simply the parenthesis first.

So we have $\sf{(8-6x+12)}$

We can rearrange the terms and get:

$\sf{(8+12-6x)}$

Which is equal to

$\sf{(20-6x)}$

So now we have to complete it by multiplying it all by 1/4 which is basically dividing it by 4.

So:

$\sf{\frac{20-6x}{4}}$

Simplifying that, we get:

$\sf{5-\frac{6}{4}x}$

And reducing that farther we finally get:

$\sf{5-\frac{3}{2}x}$

Which is your final answer :)