Simplification or other simple results

Step  1  :

Equation at the end of step  1  :

  ((0 -  2x2) +  12x) -  18

Step  2  :

Step  3  :

Pulling out like terms :

 3.1     Pull out like factors :

   -2x² + 12x - 18  =   -2 • (x² - 6x + 9) 

Trying to factor by splitting the middle term

 3.2     Factoring  x² - 6x + 9 

The first term is,  x²  its coefficient is  1 .
The middle term is,  -6x  its coefficient is  -6 .
The last term, "the constant", is  +9 

Step-1 : Multiply the coefficient of the first term by the constant   1 • 9 = 9 

Step-2 : Find two factors of  9  whose sum equals the coefficient of the middle term, which is   -6 .

Step-3 : Rewrite the polynomial splitting the middle term using the two factors found in step 2 above,  -3  and  -3 
                     x² - 3x - 3x - 9

Step-4 : Add up the first 2 terms, pulling out like factors :
                    x • (x-3)
              Add up the last 2 terms, pulling out common factors :
                    3 • (x-3)
Step-5 : Add up the four terms of step 4 :
                    (x-3)  •  (x-3)
             Which is the desired factorization

Multiplying Exponential Expressions :

 3.3    Multiply  (x-3)  by  (x-3) 

The rule says : To multiply exponential expressions which have the same base, add up their exponents.

In our case, the common base is  (x-3)  and the exponents are :
          1 , as  (x-3)  is the same number as  (x-3)¹ 
 and   1 , as  (x-3)  is the same number as  (x-3)¹ 
The product is therefore,  (x-3)⁽¹⁺¹⁾ = (x-3)² 

Final result :

  -2 • (x - 3)2