Basic Math Examples

$(\frac{20 k^{2} - 7 k - 3}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}) \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1

Factor by grouping.

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Step 1.1

For a polynomial of the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , rewrite the middle term as a sum of two terms whose product is $a \cdot c = 20 \cdot - 3 = - 60$ and whose sum is $b = - 7$ .

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Step 1.1.1

Factor $- 7$ out of $- 7 k$ .

$\frac{20 k^{2} - 7 (k) - 3}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1.1.2

Rewrite $- 7$ as $5$ plus $- 12$

$\frac{20 k^{2} + (5 - 12) k - 3}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1.1.3

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{20 k^{2} + 5 k - 12 k - 3}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1.2

Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.

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Step 1.2.1

Group the first two terms and the last two terms.

$\frac{(20 k^{2} + 5 k) - 12 k - 3}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1.2.2

Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.

$\frac{5 k (4 k + 1) - 3 (4 k + 1)}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 1.3

Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, $4 k + 1$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k^{2} + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 2

Factor $k$ out of $k^{2} + 6 k$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $k$ out of $k^{2}$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k \cdot k + 6 k} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 2.2

Factor $k$ out of $6 k$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k \cdot k + k \cdot 6} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 2.3

Factor $k$ out of $k \cdot k + k \cdot 6$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{k^{2} - 5 k + 6}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 3

Factor $k^{2} - 5 k + 6$ using the AC method.

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Step 3.1

Consider the form $x^{2} + b x + c$ . Find a pair of integers whose product is $c$ and whose sum is $b$ . In this case, whose product is $6$ and whose sum is $- 5$ .

$- 3, - 2$

Step 3.2

Write the factored form using these integers.

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{4 k^{2} - 7 k - 2}$

Step 4

Factor by grouping.

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Step 4.1

For a polynomial of the form $a x^{2} + b x + c$ , rewrite the middle term as a sum of two terms whose product is $a \cdot c = 4 \cdot - 2 = - 8$ and whose sum is $b = - 7$ .

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Step 4.1.1

Factor $- 7$ out of $- 7 k$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{4 k^{2} - 7 (k) - 2}$

Step 4.1.2

Rewrite $- 7$ as $1$ plus $- 8$

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{4 k^{2} + (1 - 8) k - 2}$

Step 4.1.3

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{4 k^{2} + 1 k - 8 k - 2}$

Step 4.1.4

Multiply $k$ by $1$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{4 k^{2} + k - 8 k - 2}$

Step 4.2

Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.

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Step 4.2.1

Group the first two terms and the last two terms.

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{(4 k^{2} + k) - 8 k - 2}$

Step 4.2.2

Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{k (4 k + 1) - 2 (4 k + 1)}$

Step 4.3

Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, $4 k + 1$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \div \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} \cdot \frac{(k - 3) (k - 2)}{(4 k + 1) (k - 2)}$

Step 5

Combine.

$\frac{\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} ((k - 3) (k - 2))}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} ((4 k + 1) (k - 2))}$

Step 6

Cancel the common factor of $k - 2$ .

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Step 6.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} ((k - 3) (k - 2))}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} ((4 k + 1) (k - 2))}$

Step 6.2

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} (k - 3)}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (4 k + 1)}$

Step 7

Factor $\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)}$ out of $\frac{\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} (k - 3)}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (4 k + 1)}$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \cdot \frac{k - 3}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (4 k + 1)}$

Step 8

Cancel the common factor of $4 k + 1$ .

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Step 8.1

Factor $4 k + 1$ out of $\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (4 k + 1)$ .

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \cdot \frac{k - 3}{(4 k + 1) \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}}$

Step 8.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{(4 k + 1) (5 k - 3)}{k (k + 6)} \cdot \frac{k - 3}{(4 k + 1) \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}}$

Step 8.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{5 k - 3}{k (k + 6)} \cdot \frac{k - 3}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}}$

Step 9

Multiply $\frac{5 k - 3}{k (k + 6)}$ by $\frac{k - 3}{\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}}$ .

$\frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{k (k + 6) \frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}}$

Step 10

Combine $\frac{5 k - 3}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}$ and $k$ .

$\frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{\frac{(5 k - 3) k}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (k + 6)}$

Step 11

Factor $\frac{(5 k - 3) k}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}$ out of $\frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{\frac{(5 k - 3) k}{k^{3} - 7 k - 2} (k + 6)}$ .

$\frac{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}{(5 k - 3) k} \cdot \frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{k + 6}$

Step 12

Cancel the common factor of $5 k - 3$ .

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Step 12.1

Factor $5 k - 3$ out of $(5 k - 3) k$ .

$\frac{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}{(5 k - 3) (k)} \cdot \frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{k + 6}$

Step 12.2

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}{(5 k - 3) k} \cdot \frac{(5 k - 3) (k - 3)}{k + 6}$

Step 12.3

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}{k} \cdot \frac{k - 3}{k + 6}$

Step 13

Multiply $\frac{k^{3} - 7 k - 2}{k}$ by $\frac{k - 3}{k + 6}$ .

$\frac{(k^{3} - 7 k - 2) (k - 3)}{k (k + 6)}$