Algebra Examples

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 {(- \frac{1}{5})}^{2}}}$

Step 1

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 1.1

Use the power rule ${(a b)}^{n} = a^{n} b^{n}$ to distribute the exponent.

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Step 1.1.1

Apply the product rule to $- \frac{1}{5}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 ({(- 1)}^{2} {(\frac{1}{5})}^{2})}}$

Step 1.1.2

Apply the product rule to $\frac{1}{5}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 ({(- 1)}^{2} \frac{1^{2}}{5^{2}})}}$

Step 1.2

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 (1 \frac{1^{2}}{5^{2}})}}$

Step 1.3

Multiply $\frac{1^{2}}{5^{2}}$ by $1$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 \frac{1^{2}}{5^{2}}}}$

Step 1.4

One to any power is one.

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 \frac{1}{5^{2}}}}$

Step 1.5

Raise $5$ to the power of $2$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - 9 (\frac{1}{25})}}$

Step 1.6

Combine $- 9$ and $\frac{1}{25}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 + \frac{- 9}{25}}}$

Step 1.7

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{1 - \frac{9}{25}}}$

Step 1.8

Write $1$ as a fraction with a common denominator.

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{\frac{25}{25} - \frac{9}{25}}}$

Step 1.9

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{\frac{25 - 9}{25}}}$

Step 1.10

Subtract $9$ from $25$ .

$- \frac{3}{\sqrt{\frac{16}{25}}}$

Step 1.11

Rewrite $\sqrt{\frac{16}{25}}$ as $\frac{\sqrt{16}}{\sqrt{25}}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\frac{\sqrt{16}}{\sqrt{25}}}$

Step 1.12

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 1.12.1

Rewrite $16$ as $4^{2}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\frac{\sqrt{4^{2}}}{\sqrt{25}}}$

Step 1.12.2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$- \frac{3}{\frac{4}{\sqrt{25}}}$

Step 1.13

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 1.13.1

Rewrite $25$ as $5^{2}$ .

$- \frac{3}{\frac{4}{\sqrt{5^{2}}}}$

Step 1.13.2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$- \frac{3}{\frac{4}{5}}$

Step 2

Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.

$- (3 (\frac{5}{4}))$

Step 3

Multiply $3 (\frac{5}{4})$ .

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Step 3.1

Combine $3$ and $\frac{5}{4}$ .

$- \frac{3 \cdot 5}{4}$

Step 3.2

Multiply $3$ by $5$ .

$- \frac{15}{4}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$- \frac{15}{4}$

Decimal Form:

$- 3.75$

Mixed Number Form:

$- 3 \frac{3}{4}$