Calculus Examples

Find the Area Between the Curves y=3x+2x^2-x^3 , y=0
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Step 1
Solve by substitution to find the intersection between the curves.
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Step 1.1
Eliminate the equal sides of each equation and combine.
Step 1.2
Solve for .
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Step 1.2.1
Factor the left side of the equation.
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Let . Substitute for all occurrences of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Rewrite as plus
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Factor using the perfect square rule.
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Rewrite as .
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Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
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Rewrite the polynomial.
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Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
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Rewrite as .
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Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
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Factor.
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Simplify.
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Remove unnecessary parentheses.
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Add and .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Remove unnecessary parentheses.
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Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 1.2.2
If any individual factor on the left side of the equation is equal to , the entire expression will be equal to .
Step 1.2.3
Set equal to .
Step 1.2.4
Set equal to and solve for .
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Step 1.2.4.1
Set equal to .
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Solve for .
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Step 1.2.4.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
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Divide each term in by and simplify.
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Divide each term in by .
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Simplify the left side.
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Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
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Divide by .
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Simplify the right side.
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Divide by .
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Set equal to and solve for .
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Step 1.2.5.1
Set equal to .
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Subtract from both sides of the equation.
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The final solution is all the values that make true.
Step 1.3
Substitute for .
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The solution to the system is the complete set of ordered pairs that are valid solutions.
Step 2
Simplify .
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Step 2.1
Move .
Step 2.2
Reorder and .
Step 3
The area of the region between the curves is defined as the integral of the upper curve minus the integral of the lower curve over each region. The regions are determined by the intersection points of the curves. This can be done algebraically or graphically.
Step 4
Integrate to find the area between and .
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Step 4.1
Combine the integrals into a single integral.
Step 4.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.3
Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Step 4.4.1
Multiply .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 4.5
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 4.6
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
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Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 4.8
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 4.9
Combine and .
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Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 4.11
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 4.12
Simplify the answer.
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Combine and .
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Substitute and simplify.
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Step 4.12.2.1
Evaluate at and at .
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Evaluate at and at .
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Evaluate at and at .
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Simplify.
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Step 4.12.2.4.1
Raising to any positive power yields .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Raising to any positive power yields .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 4.12.2.4.7.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 4.12.2.4.7.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Combine and .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Subtract from .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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Raising to any positive power yields .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 4.12.2.4.22.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Subtract from .
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Multiply by .
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Combine and .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 4.12.2.4.28.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
Step 5
The area of the region between the curves is defined as the integral of the upper curve minus the integral of the lower curve over each region. The regions are determined by the intersection points of the curves. This can be done algebraically or graphically.
Step 6
Integrate to find the area between and .
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Step 6.1
Combine the integrals into a single integral.
Step 6.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.3
Split the single integral into multiple integrals.
Step 6.4
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.5
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 6.6
Combine and .
Step 6.7
Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.8
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 6.9
Combine and .
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Since is constant with respect to , move out of the integral.
Step 6.11
By the Power Rule, the integral of with respect to is .
Step 6.12
Simplify the answer.
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Step 6.12.1
Combine and .
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Substitute and simplify.
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Evaluate at and at .
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Evaluate at and at .
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Evaluate at and at .
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Simplify.
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Raise to the power of .
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Raising to any positive power yields .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 6.12.2.4.3.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Raise to the power of .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Raising to any positive power yields .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 6.12.2.4.9.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Multiply by .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Combine and .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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Raise to the power of .
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Raising to any positive power yields .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 6.12.2.4.20.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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Divide by .
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Combine and .
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Multiply by .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 6.12.2.4.26.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
Step 7
Add the areas .
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Step 7.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
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Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 7.2.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
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Simplify the numerator.
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Multiply by .
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Add and .
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Cancel the common factor of and .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.5.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
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Rewrite the expression.
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