Algebra Examples

$(x^{2} + 9 x + 20) - (x + 4)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} + 9 x + 20 - x - 1 \cdot 4$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$x^{2} + 9 x + 20 - x - 4$

$x^{2} + 9 x + 20 - x - 4$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

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Step 2.1

Subtract $x$ from $9 x$ .

$x^{2} + 8 x + 20 - 4$

Step 2.2

Subtract $4$ from $20$ .

$x^{2} + 8 x + 16$

$x^{2} + 8 x + 16$

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