Algebra Examples

$(- 4 x^{2} + 16) - (- 4 x^{2} + 16)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$- 4 x^{2} + 16 - (- 4 x^{2}) - 1 \cdot 16$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 1$ .

$- 4 x^{2} + 16 + 4 x^{2} - 1 \cdot 16$

Step 1.3

Multiply $- 1$ by $16$ .

$- 4 x^{2} + 16 + 4 x^{2} - 16$

Step 2

Combine the opposite terms in $- 4 x^{2} + 16 + 4 x^{2} - 16$ .

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Step 2.1

Add $- 4 x^{2}$ and $4 x^{2}$ .

$0 + 16 - 16$

Step 2.2

Add $0$ and $16$ .

$16 - 16$

Step 2.3

Subtract $16$ from $16$ .

$0$