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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2.1.1.4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.1.1.5
Combine and .
Step 2.1.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.1.1.7
Multiply by .
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
Combine and .
Step 2.1.4
Combine and .
Step 2.1.5
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 2.1.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.5.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.1.5.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.5.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.1.5.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.1.5.2.4
Divide by .
Step 2.1.6
Move to the left of .
Step 2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.3
Simplify terms.
Step 2.3.1
Combine and .
Step 2.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.4
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.4.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.1.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.1.1.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5.3
Combine and .
Step 5.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 6
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form:
Mixed Number Form: