Basic Math Examples

$p (4 - p)$

Step 1

Simplify by multiplying through.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$p \cdot 4 + p (- p)$

Step 1.2

Reorder.

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Step 1.2.1

Move $4$ to the left of $p$ .

$4 \cdot p + p (- p)$

Step 1.2.2

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$4 \cdot p - p \cdot p$

Step 2

Multiply $p$ by $p$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 2.1

Move $p$ .

$4 p - (p \cdot p)$

Step 2.2

Multiply $p$ by $p$ .

$4 p - p^{2}$