Question

Please help me simplify the following function (click to see).

Answer 1

\[-\frac{ (4-2x)^4 }{ 8 }\]

Answer 2

I would treat this as \[(-\frac{1}{8})(4-2x)^4\] and set the \((-\frac{1}{8})\) aside while doing the grunt work of expanding \((4-2x)^4\).

\[(4-2x)^4 = \]Can you write that as a product, and then expand it?