Basic Math Examples

$\frac{18}{(- 6) - (- 24)}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $18$ and $(- 6) - (- 24)$ .

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Step 1.1

Reorder terms.

$\frac{18}{- 6 - 24 \cdot - 1}$

Step 1.2

Factor $6$ out of $18$ .

$\frac{6 (3)}{- 6 - 24 \cdot - 1}$

Step 1.3

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 1.3.1

Factor $6$ out of $- 6$ .

$\frac{6 \cdot 3}{6 \cdot - 1 - 24 \cdot - 1}$

Step 1.3.2

Factor $6$ out of $- 24 \cdot - 1$ .

$\frac{6 \cdot 3}{6 \cdot - 1 + 6 (- 4 \cdot - 1)}$

Step 1.3.3

Factor $6$ out of $6 (- 1) + 6 (- 4 \cdot - 1)$ .

$\frac{6 \cdot 3}{6 (- 1 - 4 \cdot - 1)}$

Step 1.3.4

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{6 \cdot 3}{6 (- 1 - 4 \cdot - 1)}$

Step 1.3.5

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{3}{- 1 - 4 \cdot - 1}$

Step 2

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 2.1

Multiply $- 4$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{3}{- 1 + 4}$

Step 2.2

Add $- 1$ and $4$ .

$\frac{3}{3}$

Step 3

Divide $3$ by $3$ .

$1$