Basic Math Examples

$- \frac{1}{2} a^{2} + b^{2} + \frac{1}{3} \cdot (a b^{2}) - (\frac{2}{3} \cdot (a^{2} b^{2})) - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Combine $a^{2}$ and $\frac{1}{2}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{1}{3} \cdot (a b^{2}) - (\frac{2}{3} \cdot (a^{2} b^{2})) - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.2

Multiply $\frac{1}{3} (a b^{2})$ .

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Step 1.2.1

Combine $a$ and $\frac{1}{3}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a}{3} b^{2} - (\frac{2}{3} \cdot (a^{2} b^{2})) - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.2.2

Combine $\frac{a}{3}$ and $b^{2}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - (\frac{2}{3} \cdot (a^{2} b^{2})) - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.3

Multiply $\frac{2}{3} (a^{2} b^{2})$ .

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Step 1.3.1

Combine $a^{2}$ and $\frac{2}{3}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - (\frac{a^{2} \cdot 2}{3} b^{2}) - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.3.2

Combine $\frac{a^{2} \cdot 2}{3}$ and $b^{2}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - \frac{a^{2} \cdot 2 b^{2}}{3} - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.4

Move $2$ to the left of $a^{2}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - \frac{2 \cdot a^{2} b^{2}}{3} - a b^{2} + \frac{2}{3} \cdot (a b^{2})$

Step 1.5

Multiply $\frac{2}{3} (a b^{2})$ .

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Step 1.5.1

Combine $a$ and $\frac{2}{3}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - \frac{2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3} - a b^{2} + \frac{a \cdot 2}{3} b^{2}$

Step 1.5.2

Combine $\frac{a \cdot 2}{3}$ and $b^{2}$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - \frac{2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3} - a b^{2} + \frac{a \cdot 2 b^{2}}{3}$

Step 1.6

Move $2$ to the left of $a$ .

$- \frac{a^{2}}{2} + b^{2} + \frac{a b^{2}}{3} - \frac{2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3} - a b^{2} + \frac{2 a b^{2}}{3}$

Step 2

Simplify terms.

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Step 2.1

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$b^{2} - a b^{2} + \frac{- a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2} + 2 a b^{2}}{3}$

Step 2.2

Add $a b^{2}$ and $2 a b^{2}$ .

$b^{2} - a b^{2} + \frac{- a^{2}}{2} + \frac{3 a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3}$

Step 3

Simplify each term.

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Step 3.1

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$b^{2} - a b^{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{3 a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3}$

Step 3.2

Factor $a b^{2}$ out of $3 a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2}$ .

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Step 3.2.1

Factor $a b^{2}$ out of $3 a b^{2}$ .

$b^{2} - a b^{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3) - 2 a^{2} b^{2}}{3}$

Step 3.2.2

Factor $a b^{2}$ out of $- 2 a^{2} b^{2}$ .

$b^{2} - a b^{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3) + a b^{2} (- 2 a)}{3}$

Step 3.2.3

Factor $a b^{2}$ out of $a b^{2} (3) + a b^{2} (- 2 a)$ .

$b^{2} - a b^{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 4

To write $b^{2}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$- a b^{2} + b^{2} \cdot \frac{2}{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 5

Simplify terms.

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Step 5.1

Combine $b^{2}$ and $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$- a b^{2} + \frac{b^{2} \cdot 2}{2} - \frac{a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 5.2

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$- a b^{2} + \frac{b^{2} \cdot 2 - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 6

Move $2$ to the left of $b^{2}$ .

$- a b^{2} + \frac{2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 7

To write $- a b^{2}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$- a b^{2} \cdot \frac{2}{2} + \frac{2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 8

Simplify terms.

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Step 8.1

Combine $- a b^{2}$ and $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{- a b^{2} \cdot 2}{2} + \frac{2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 8.2

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{- a b^{2} \cdot 2 + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 9

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 10

To write $\frac{- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{3}{3} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$

Step 11

To write $\frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2} \cdot \frac{3}{3} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3} \cdot \frac{2}{2}$

Step 12

Write each expression with a common denominator of $6$ , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of $1$ .

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Step 12.1

Multiply $\frac{- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}}{2}$ by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{(- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}) \cdot 3}{2 \cdot 3} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3} \cdot \frac{2}{2}$

Step 12.2

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{(- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}) \cdot 3}{6} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3} \cdot \frac{2}{2}$

Step 12.3

Multiply $\frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a)}{3}$ by $\frac{2}{2}$ .

$\frac{(- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}) \cdot 3}{6} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{3 \cdot 2}$

Step 12.4

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$\frac{(- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}) \cdot 3}{6} + \frac{a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 13

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{(- 2 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} - a^{2}) \cdot 3 + a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 14.1

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{- 2 a b^{2} \cdot 3 + 2 b^{2} \cdot 3 - a^{2} \cdot 3 + a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.2

Simplify.

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Step 14.2.1

Multiply $3$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 2 b^{2} \cdot 3 - a^{2} \cdot 3 + a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.2.2

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - a^{2} \cdot 3 + a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.2.3

Multiply $3$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + a b^{2} (3 - 2 a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.3

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + (a b^{2} \cdot 3 + a b^{2} (- 2 a)) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.4

Move $3$ to the left of $a b^{2}$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + (3 \cdot (a b^{2}) + a b^{2} (- 2 a)) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.5

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + (3 \cdot (a b^{2}) - 2 a b^{2} a) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.6

Multiply $a$ by $a$ by adding the exponents.

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Step 14.6.1

Move $a$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + (3 a b^{2} - 2 (a \cdot a) b^{2}) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.6.2

Multiply $a$ by $a$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + (3 a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2}) \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.7

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + 3 a b^{2} \cdot 2 - 2 a^{2} b^{2} \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.8

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + 6 a b^{2} - 2 a^{2} b^{2} \cdot 2}{6}$

Step 14.9

Multiply $2$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{- 6 a b^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + 6 a b^{2} - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 14.10

Add $- 6 a b^{2}$ and $6 a b^{2}$ .

$\frac{6 b^{2} - 3 a^{2} + 0 - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 14.11

Add $6 b^{2}$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 3 a^{2} + 6 b^{2} - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 15

Simplify with factoring out.

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Step 15.1

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 3 a^{2}$ .

$\frac{- (3 a^{2}) + 6 b^{2} - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 15.2

Factor $- 1$ out of $6 b^{2}$ .

$\frac{- (3 a^{2}) - (- 6 b^{2}) - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 15.3

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (3 a^{2}) - (- 6 b^{2})$ .

$\frac{- (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2}) - 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$

Step 15.4

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 4 a^{2} b^{2}$ .

$\frac{- (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2}) - (4 a^{2} b^{2})}{6}$

Step 15.5

Factor $- 1$ out of $- (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2}) - (4 a^{2} b^{2})$ .

$\frac{- (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2} + 4 a^{2} b^{2})}{6}$

Step 15.6

Simplify the expression.

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Step 15.6.1

Rewrite $- (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2} + 4 a^{2} b^{2})$ as $- 1 (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2} + 4 a^{2} b^{2})$ .

$\frac{- 1 (3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2} + 4 a^{2} b^{2})}{6}$

Step 15.6.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{3 a^{2} - 6 b^{2} + 4 a^{2} b^{2}}{6}$