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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Cross multiply by setting the product of the numerator of the right side and the denominator of the left side equal to the product of the numerator of the left side and the denominator of the right side.
Step 1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 1.2.1
Simplify .
Step 1.2.1.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 1.3.1
Simplify .
Step 1.3.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.2
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.1.4
Move to the left of .
Step 2
To remove the radical on the left side of the equation, square both sides of the equation.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.1
Simplify .
Step 3.2.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.2.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.3
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 3.2.1.3.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.2.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.3.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2.1.4
Simplify.
Step 3.2.1.5
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.6
Multiply.
Step 3.2.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.3.1
Simplify .
Step 3.3.1.1
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.3.1.1.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.3.1.1.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.3.1.1.3
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.3.1.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.3.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.3.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.3.1.3
Simplify the denominator.
Step 3.3.1.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.3.1.3.2
Multiply the exponents in .
Step 3.3.1.3.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.3.1.3.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.3.1.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.3.1.3.2.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.3.1.3.3
Simplify.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 4.2
Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.
Step 4.2.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 4.2.2
The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.
Step 4.3
Multiply each term in by to eliminate the fractions.
Step 4.3.1
Multiply each term in by .
Step 4.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.3.2.1
Simplify by multiplying through.
Step 4.3.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.2.1.2
Multiply.
Step 4.3.2.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.2.1.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.3.2.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.4.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.3.2.2
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.2.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.3.2.2.1.1
Move .
Step 4.3.2.2.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.3.2.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 4.3.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.3.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.3.3.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.3.3.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.3.1.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.3.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.3.3.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.3.3.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.3.3.1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.3.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3.1.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.3.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.3.2
Add and .
Step 4.4
Solve the equation.
Step 4.4.1
Move all the expressions to the left side of the equation.
Step 4.4.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 4.4.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 4.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.3
Substitute into the equation. This will make the quadratic formula easy to use.
Step 4.4.4
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 4.4.5
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 4.4.6
Simplify.
Step 4.4.6.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.4.6.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.4.6.1.2
Multiply .
Step 4.4.6.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.6.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.6.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.7
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 4.4.8
Substitute the real value of back into the solved equation.
Step 4.4.9
Solve the first equation for .
Step 4.4.10
Solve the equation for .
Step 4.4.10.1
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 4.4.10.2
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 4.4.10.2.1
First, use the positive value of the to find the first solution.
Step 4.4.10.2.2
Next, use the negative value of the to find the second solution.
Step 4.4.10.2.3
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 4.4.11
Solve the second equation for .
Step 4.4.12
Solve the equation for .
Step 4.4.12.1
Remove parentheses.
Step 4.4.12.2
Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.
Step 4.4.12.3
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 4.4.12.3.1
First, use the positive value of the to find the first solution.
Step 4.4.12.3.2
Next, use the negative value of the to find the second solution.
Step 4.4.12.3.3
The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.
Step 4.4.13
The solution to is .
Step 5
Exclude the solutions that do not make true.
Step 6
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: