The angle right under 3x is 2x, because alternate exterior angles between parallel lines are equal. Those two angles add up to 180, because they are formed by a strait line intersecting with another straight line. This means that 5x = 180 or x=36.
It would be 6(4a2 - 3) you would factor out just the 6 because the 18 doesn’t a a term with it like 34a2 does. then just divide normally to get ur answer 6(4a2 - 3)