Basic Math Examples

$a - 1 - \frac{a^{2}}{1}$

Step 1

Divide $a^{2}$ by $1$ .

$a - 1 - a^{2}$

Step 2

Reorder terms.

$- a^{2} + a - 1$

Step 3

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

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Step 3.1

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

$- (a^{2}) + a - 1$

Step 3.2

Factor $- 1$ out of $a$ .

$- (a^{2}) - 1 (- a) - 1$

Step 3.3

Rewrite $- 1$ as $- 1 (1)$ .

$- (a^{2}) - 1 (- a) - 1 (1)$

Step 3.4

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

$- (a^{2} - a) - 1 (1)$

Step 3.5

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

$- (a^{2} - a + 1)$

$- (a^{2} - a + 1)$

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$