Question 13 Marks
Simplify $3x (4x – 5) + 3$ and find its values for $x = \frac{1}{2}$
Answer
View full question & answer→We have $3x (4x - 5) + 3$
$= 3x (4x) - 3x(5) + 3 = 12x^2- 15x + 3$
Now putting $x = \frac{1}{2}$ in above equation, we get
$= 12x^2- 15x + 3$
$= 12\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}-15\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)+3$
$= 12 \times \frac{1}{4}-\frac{15}{2} + 3$
$= 3 - \frac{15}{2} + 3$
$= 6 - \frac{15}{2}$
$=\frac{12-15}{2}$
$=\frac{-3}{2}$
$= 3x (4x) - 3x(5) + 3 = 12x^2- 15x + 3$
Now putting $x = \frac{1}{2}$ in above equation, we get
$= 12x^2- 15x + 3$
$= 12\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)^{2}-15\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)+3$
$= 12 \times \frac{1}{4}-\frac{15}{2} + 3$
$= 3 - \frac{15}{2} + 3$
$= 6 - \frac{15}{2}$
$=\frac{12-15}{2}$
$=\frac{-3}{2}$
