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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.3.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.3.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.3.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.5
Simplify.
Step 1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6
Simplify each term.
Step 1.6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.6.2
Combine and .
Step 1.6.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.4
Rewrite as .
Step 1.6.5
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.6.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.6.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.6.5.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.6.6
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.6.6.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.6.6.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.6.6.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.6.6.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.6.6.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.6.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.6.8
Simplify.
Step 1.6.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.8.2
Multiply .
Step 1.6.8.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.6.8.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6.8.2.3
Combine and .
Step 1.6.8.3
Combine and .
Step 1.6.9
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.9
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 1.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.11
Simplify each term.
Step 1.11.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.11.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.11.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.11.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.12
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.13
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.14
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 1.14.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.15
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.16
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.16.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.16.2
Add and .
Step 1.17
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.18
Simplify.
Step 1.18.1
Multiply .
Step 1.18.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.18.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.18.2.2
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.18.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.18.2.4
Factor out of .
Step 1.18.2.5
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.18.2.6
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.18.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.6
Multiply .
Step 1.18.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.18.6.3
Multiply by .
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
Combine and .
Step 4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2
Subtract from .
Step 6
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Combine and .
Step 7.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8
Step 8.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 8.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 8.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.1.3
Add and .
Step 8.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 8.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 10
Step 10.1
Combine and .
Step 10.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 10.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 10.4
Multiply by .
Step 10.5
Subtract from .
Step 11
Step 11.1
Factor out of .
Step 11.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 11.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 11.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 12
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 13
Step 13.1
Multiply by .
Step 13.2
Multiply by .
Step 14
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 15
Step 15.1
Factor out of .
Step 15.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 15.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 15.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 15.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 15.3
Multiply by .
Step 15.4
Multiply by .
Step 15.5
Reorder terms.