Given Vectors $\mathbf { u } = \langle - 2 , - 3 \rangle$

Multiple Choice

Given vectors $\mathbf { u } = \langle - 2 , - 3 \rangle$ and $\mathbf { v } = \langle 4 , - 4 \rangle$ , determine the quantity indicated below.
$- 4 \mathbf { u } \cdot 3 \mathbf { v }$

A) $- 216$
B) $- 240$
C) 68
D) $- 48$
E) 4