Question 762333
Hello, 
Couple problems here. 
1) All equations have an equal sign
2) Is 2x2 – 2x – 24 supposed to be 2x^2 – 2x – 24 
Anyway, here's one way to simplify this expression:
2(x^2 – x – 12)
Now we can factor this:
2(x-4)(x+3)
There we go. 
Make sense?
RJ
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