What is the answer to this algebra problem 6a2-8ab plus 2a?

Answer 1

There's no answer, because that's not a problem or a question.

There would be a question there if that expression were equal to something.

But so far, it's just an expression; it doesn't make any statement yet.

Were you asked to 'factor' it ? OK. It's equal to

2a (3a - 4b + 1) .

But that's just a different way to write the same thing. Nothing has changed,

there's no new information, and it doesn't answer any question.