Chemistry Examples

$(x + y) - (x - y)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$x + y - x - - y$

Step 1.2

Multiply $- - y$ .

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Step 1.2.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$x + y - x + 1 y$

Step 1.2.2

Multiply $y$ by $1$ .

$x + y - x + y$

$x + y - x + y$

$x + y - x + y$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

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Step 2.1

Combine the opposite terms in $x + y - x + y$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Subtract $x$ from $x$ .

$y + 0 + y$

Step 2.1.2

Add $y$ and $0$ .

$y + y$

$y + y$

Step 2.2

Add $y$ and $y$ .

$2 y$

$2 y$

$[\begin{array}{c} x^{2} & \frac{1}{2} \\ \sqrt{π} & \int x d x \end{array}]$