Algebra Examples

$- \frac{1}{2} (\frac{1}{4} x - \frac{3}{8})$

Step 1

Combine $\frac{1}{4}$ and $x$ .

$- \frac{1}{2} \cdot (\frac{x}{4} - \frac{3}{8})$

Step 2

Apply the distributive property.

$- \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x}{4} - \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{3}{8})$

Step 3

Multiply $- \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x}{4}$ .

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Step 3.1

Multiply $\frac{x}{4}$ by $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$- \frac{x}{4 \cdot 2} - \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{3}{8})$

Step 3.2

Multiply $4$ by $2$ .

$- \frac{x}{8} - \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{3}{8})$

Step 4

Multiply $- \frac{1}{2} (- \frac{3}{8})$ .

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Step 4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$- \frac{x}{8} + 1 (\frac{1}{2}) \frac{3}{8}$

Step 4.2

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

$- \frac{x}{8} + \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{3}{8}$

Step 4.3

Multiply $\frac{1}{2}$ by $\frac{3}{8}$ .

$- \frac{x}{8} + \frac{3}{2 \cdot 8}$

Step 4.4

Multiply $2$ by $8$ .

$- \frac{x}{8} + \frac{3}{16}$