What is another way to group the factors to find 3 × (2 × 4)?

What is the value of x? enter your answer in the box. photo attached.

Parabolas y=−2x^2 and y=2x^2 +k intersect at points a and b that are in the third and the fourth quadrants respectively. find k if length of the segment ab is 5.

Find the least common multiple of the expressions: 1. 3x^2, 6x - 18 2. 5x, 5x(x +2) 3. x^2 - 9, x + 3 4. x^2 - 3x - 10, x + 2 explain if possible