(12x + 2)(3x − 6) What do you want to do? Expand or solve/
To expand:
12x(3x -6) +2(3x - 6) = 36x 2 -72x + 6x -12 ( i.e 36 x squared)
= 36x 2 - 66x -12
To solve, it should be (12x + 2)(3x − 6) = 0
then 12x + 2 = 0 and also 3x - 6 = 0
12x = -2 and 3x = 6
x = -2/12 and x = 6/3
x = - 1/6 and 2