Algebra Examples

$\frac{16 - 4^{2}}{2 - \sqrt{4}}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

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

$\frac{16 - 4^{2}}{2 - \sqrt{2^{2}}}$

Step 1.2

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

$\frac{16 - 4^{2}}{2 - 1 \cdot 2}$

Step 1.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $2$ .

$\frac{16 - 4^{2}}{2 - 2}$

Step 2

Subtract $2$ from $2$ .

$\frac{16 - 4^{2}}{0}$

Step 3

The expression contains a division by $0$ . The expression is undefined.

Undefined