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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2
Combine and .
Step 1.3
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.1.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.3
Combine and .
Step 2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.5.2
Add and .
Step 2.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.6.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.7
Combine and .
Step 2.8
Multiply by .
Step 2.9
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.10
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.11
Combine and .
Step 2.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.13
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.13.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.13.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.14
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.15
Combine and .
Step 2.16
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.17
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.17.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.17.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.18
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2
Multiply by .
Step 5
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form:
Mixed Number Form: