Basic Math Examples

Simplify (t^2+8t+12)/(t^2+9t-10)+(t^2+2t-3)/(t^2+12t+36)
Step 1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1
Factor using the AC method.
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Step 1.1.1
Consider the form . Find a pair of integers whose product is and whose sum is . In this case, whose product is and whose sum is .
Step 1.1.2
Write the factored form using these integers.
Step 1.2
Factor using the AC method.
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Step 1.2.1
Consider the form . Find a pair of integers whose product is and whose sum is . In this case, whose product is and whose sum is .
Step 1.2.2
Write the factored form using these integers.
Step 1.3
Factor using the AC method.
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Step 1.3.1
Consider the form . Find a pair of integers whose product is and whose sum is . In this case, whose product is and whose sum is .
Step 1.3.2
Write the factored form using these integers.
Step 1.4
Factor using the perfect square rule.
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Step 1.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.4.2
Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
Step 1.4.3
Rewrite the polynomial.
Step 1.4.4
Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3
Reorder the factors of .
Step 4.4
Reorder the factors of .
Step 5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1.1
Move .
Step 6.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.1.3
Add and .
Step 6.2
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 6.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.3.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 6.5
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.5.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.5.1.1
Multiply by .
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Step 6.5.1.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.5.1.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.5.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.5.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.5.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.5.3.1
Move .
Step 6.5.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.5.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.5.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.5.3.3
Add and .
Step 6.5.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.5.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.5.5.1
Move .
Step 6.5.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.5.6
Move to the left of .
Step 6.5.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.5.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.5.9
Multiply by .
Step 6.6
Add and .
Step 6.7
Add and .
Step 6.8
Add and .
Step 6.9
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 6.9.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.9.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.9.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.10
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 6.10.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.10.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.10.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 6.10.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 6.10.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.10.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.11
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 6.11.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.11.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.11.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.12
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 6.12.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.12.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.12.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 6.12.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 6.12.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.12.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.13
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 6.14
Simplify each term.
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Step 6.14.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.14.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.14.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.14.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.14.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.14.3.1
Move .
Step 6.14.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.14.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.14.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.14.3.3
Add and .
Step 6.14.4
Move to the left of .
Step 6.14.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.14.5.1
Move .
Step 6.14.5.2
Multiply by .
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Step 6.14.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.14.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.14.5.3
Add and .
Step 6.14.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 6.14.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.14.7.1
Move .
Step 6.14.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.14.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.14.9
Multiply by .
Step 6.14.10
Multiply by .
Step 6.14.11
Multiply by .
Step 6.15
Add and .
Step 6.16
Add and .
Step 6.17
Subtract from .
Step 6.18
Subtract from .
Step 6.19
Add and .
Step 6.20
Add and .
Step 6.21
Add and .
Step 6.22
Subtract from .
Step 6.23
Add and .