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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.1.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 1.2
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.2.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.2.2
Multiply .
Step 1.2.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.3.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.3.2
Multiply .
Step 1.3.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.4.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.4.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.4.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.3
Combine and .
Step 1.4.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.5
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.5.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.5.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.5.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.6
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.6.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.6.2
Multiply .
Step 1.6.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.6.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.7
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.7.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.7.2
Multiply .
Step 1.7.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.7.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Simplify the denominator.
Step 1.8.1
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.8.2
Multiply .
Step 1.8.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.8.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.10
Multiply by .
Step 1.11
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.11.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.11.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.12
Combine and .
Step 1.13
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 2.2
The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form:
Mixed Number Form: