Answer:
[tex]\frac{1}{12} (-x-4)[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
the expression we have is:
[tex]-\frac{1}{12} x-\frac{1}{3}[/tex]
To find an equivalent expression, it would be helpful to express 1/3 so that it has a 12 in the denominator:
[tex]\frac{1}{3}=\frac{4}{12}[/tex]
so we substitute this:
[tex]-\frac{1}{12} x-\frac{4}{12}[/tex]
and now we have 1/12 in both terms :
[tex]-\frac{1}{12}x-\frac{1*4}{12}[/tex]
so we can factor it (we take it out of each term: in the first we are left with -x and in the second with -4):
[tex]\frac{1}{12} (-x-4)[/tex]
the equivalent expression is: [tex]\frac{1}{12} (-x-4)[/tex]
