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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.1.5
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.1.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.5.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.1.5.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.1.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.1.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.1.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 1.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.1.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.5.2
Add and .
Step 1.1.6
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.6.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.6.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.6.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.6.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.6.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.7
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 1.1.8
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.1.9
Add and .
Step 1.1.10
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.10.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.10.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.10.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.10.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.1.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.12
Multiply by .
Step 1.1.13
Multiply by .
Step 1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.10
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.10.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.10.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.10.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.10.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.10.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.11
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.11.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.11.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2
Subtract from .
Step 6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form:
Mixed Number Form: