Basic Math Examples

\frac{c - 5}{c^{2 - 25}}

$\frac{c - 5}{c^{2 - 25}}$

Step 1

Move

$c^{2 - 25}$ to the numerator using the negative exponent rule

$\frac{1}{b^{- n}} = b^{n}$ .

$(c - 5) c^{- (2 - 25)}$

Step 2

Simplify the expression.

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Step 2.1

Subtract

$25$ from

$2$ .

$(c - 5) c^{- - 23}$

Step 2.2

Multiply

$- 1$ by

$- 23$ .

$(c - 5) c^{23}$

Step 3

Apply the distributive property.

$c \cdot c^{23} - 5 c^{23}$

Step 4

Multiply

$c$ by

$c^{23}$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 4.1

Multiply

$c$ by

$c^{23}$ .

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Step 4.1.1

Raise

$c$ to the power of

$1$ .

$c^{1} c^{23} - 5 c^{23}$

Step 4.1.2

Use the power rule

$a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$c^{1 + 23} - 5 c^{23}$

Step 4.2

Add

$1$ and

$23$ .

$c^{24} - 5 c^{23}$