Basic Math Examples

$\frac{5 a^{2} - 8 a}{25 a - 40}$

Step 1

Factor $a$ out of $5 a^{2} - 8 a$ .

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Step 1.1

Factor $a$ out of $5 a^{2}$ .

$\frac{a (5 a) - 8 a}{25 a - 40}$

Step 1.2

Factor $a$ out of $- 8 a$ .

$\frac{a (5 a) + a \cdot - 8}{25 a - 40}$

Step 1.3

Factor $a$ out of $a (5 a) + a \cdot - 8$ .

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{25 a - 40}$

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{25 a - 40}$

Step 2

Factor $5$ out of $25 a - 40$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $5$ out of $25 a$ .

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{5 (5 a) - 40}$

Step 2.2

Factor $5$ out of $- 40$ .

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{5 (5 a) + 5 (- 8)}$

Step 2.3

Factor $5$ out of $5 (5 a) + 5 (- 8)$ .

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{5 (5 a - 8)}$

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{5 (5 a - 8)}$

Step 3

Cancel the common factor of $5 a - 8$ .

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Step 3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{a (5 a - 8)}{5 (5 a - 8)}$

Step 3.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{a}{5}$

$\frac{a}{5}$

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