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Basic Math Examples
Step 1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Combine exponents.
Step 2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2
Simplify the denominator.
Step 2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.2
Remove unnecessary parentheses.
Step 2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.4
Factor.
Step 2.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.4.2
Remove unnecessary parentheses.
Step 2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.4
Factor out of .
Step 2.5
Separate fractions.
Step 2.6
Divide by .
Step 2.7
Combine and .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.
Step 3.2
The LCM of one and any expression is the expression.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Multiply 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 4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.2
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.3.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.3.2.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.3.2.1.5.1
Move .
Step 4.3.2.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.2.2
Add and .
Step 4.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.3.4
Simplify.
Step 4.3.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Rewrite the equation as .
Step 5.2
Move all terms to the left side of the equation and simplify.
Step 5.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 5.3
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 5.4
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 5.5
Simplify.
Step 5.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 5.5.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.5.1.2
Multiply .
Step 5.5.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.6
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 6
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: