Short Answer: Combine like terms
Remark
Just from what I see here, remove the brackets first and combine like terms second.
Discussion
8 - 2x + 4 The like therms are 8 and 4 First step
12 - 2x That's the answer. Don't go any further. 2nd and last step
We see from the attached, that kite area = product of the diagonals / 2
The diagonals could be 12 by 8 or
6 by 16 or
3 by 32, etc
It cannot be narrowed down any further.
10 + 50 = 60
£1.00 convert into indian paise = 83p
10+50+83=143
Subtract g add 1 divide by 2a