SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME WITH THIS AND EXPLAIN EACH ONE AND HOW YOU DID IT PLEASE MY TEACHER SUCK AND ILL GIVE YOU IF U GET IT RIGHT

a)

d)

Step-by-step explanation:

It's easiest to reduce each statement to its simplest form for comparison

Our test statement can be reduced by combining like terms

16x - 12 -24x + 4 = -8x - 8

this becomes our new gold standard

a) 4 + 16x - 12(1 + 2x)

apply the distributive property by multiplying terms in parenthesis by -12

4 + 16x - 12 - 24x

combine terms

-8x - 8     Yeaah, We have a winner as it exactly matches our gold standard.

b) 40x - 16 is already in simplest terms and does NOT match the gold standard.

c) 16x - 24x - 4 + 12

has the same cardinal values as the original, but differing signs, reducing gives -8x + 8

Not quite the same as a plus sign occurs where a negative exists in our gold standard.

d) -8x - 8  is already in simplest terms and exactly matches our gold standard. Yeah!

e) 10(1.6x - 1.2 - 2.4x + 4)

apply distributive property by multiplying each term in parenthesis by 10

16x - 12 - 24x + 40

combine like terms

-8x + 28 does NOT match our gold standard