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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.1.1
Combine and .
Step 1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.3
Combine and .
Step 1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.1
Multiply .
Step 3.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.1.5
Add and .
Step 3.1.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.3
Multiply .
Step 3.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4
Multiply .
Step 3.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5
Move to the left of .
Step 3.1.6
Multiply .
Step 3.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7
Multiply .
Step 3.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.7.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.7.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.7.6
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.7.7
Add and .
Step 3.1.7.8
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.8
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.8.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.8.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.8.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.8.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.11
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.1.12
Multiply .
Step 3.1.12.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.12.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.13
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.14
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.14.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.14.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.14.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.14.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.14.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.15
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.16
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.17
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.1.18
Multiply .
Step 3.1.18.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.18.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.18.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.18.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.18.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.18.6
Add and .
Step 3.1.18.7
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Move .
Step 4.2
Subtract from .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Move .
Step 5.2
Add and .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Move .
Step 6.2
Subtract from .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 7.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7.3
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 7.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.3.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 7.3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.