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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.1.1
Simplify .
Step 3.1.1.1
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.2.2
Divide by .
Step 3.1.1.2.3
Divide by .
Step 3.1.1.3
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.1.1.3.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.1.3.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.1.3.3
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.1.3.4
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.1.3.5
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.1.1.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.5
Factor out .
Step 3.1.1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.1.7
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.10
Multiply .
Step 3.1.1.10.1
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.10.3
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.10.4
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.10.5
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.10.6
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.10.7
Combine and .
Step 3.1.1.11
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.1.1.11.1
Move to the left of .
Step 3.1.1.11.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.1.1.12
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.13
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.14
Separate fractions.
Step 3.1.1.15
Divide by .
Step 3.1.1.16
Divide by .
Step 3.1.1.17
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.18
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.2.1
Simplify .
Step 3.2.1.1
Combine and .
Step 3.2.1.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.2.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.2.2
Divide by .
Step 3.2.1.2.3
Divide 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
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.2.5
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.5.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.5.2
Divide by .
Step 4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.4
Separate fractions.
Step 4.3.5
Divide by .
Step 4.3.6
Combine and .
Step 5
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 6
Step 6.1
Rewrite as .
Step 6.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 6.1.2
Factor the perfect power out of .
Step 6.1.3
Factor the perfect power out of .
Step 6.1.4
Rearrange the fraction .
Step 6.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 6.2
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 6.3
Multiply the numerator and denominator of by the conjugate of to make the denominator real.
Step 6.4
Multiply.
Step 6.4.1
Combine.
Step 6.4.2
Simplify the denominator.
Step 6.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4.2.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.4.2.4
Add and .
Step 6.4.2.5
Rewrite as .
Step 6.5
Move the negative one from the denominator of .
Step 6.6
Rewrite as .
Step 6.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.8
Rewrite as .
Step 6.8.1
Rewrite.
Step 6.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 6.8.3
Rewrite as .
Step 6.8.4
Add parentheses.
Step 6.8.5
Add parentheses.
Step 6.9
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 6.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.10.1
Move .
Step 6.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.10.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.10.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.10.3
Add and .
Step 6.11
Simplify the expression.
Step 6.11.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.12
Combine and .