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Finite Math Examples
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Step 1
Eliminate the equal sides of each equation and combine.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Move all terms containing to the left side of the equation.
Step 2.1.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 2.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 2.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.1.4
Add and .
Step 2.2
Move all terms to the left side of the equation and simplify.
Step 2.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.3
Use the quadratic formula to find the solutions.
Step 2.4
Substitute the values , , and into the quadratic formula and solve for .
Step 2.5
Simplify.
Step 2.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.5.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.5.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.5.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.5.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.5.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.5.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.5.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.5.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.5.3
Simplify .
Step 2.6
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 2.6.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.6.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.6.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.6.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.6.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.6.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.6.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.6.3
Simplify .
Step 2.6.4
Change the to .
Step 2.6.5
Rewrite as .
Step 2.6.6
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.7
Factor out of .
Step 2.6.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.7
Simplify the expression to solve for the portion of the .
Step 2.7.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.7.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.7.1.2
Multiply .
Step 2.7.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.7.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.7.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.7.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 2.7.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.7.1.4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2.7.1.5
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 2.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.7.3
Simplify .
Step 2.7.4
Change the to .
Step 2.7.5
Rewrite as .
Step 2.7.6
Factor out of .
Step 2.7.7
Factor out of .
Step 2.7.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.8
The final answer is the combination of both solutions.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Substitute for .
Step 3.2
Simplify .
Step 3.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.2.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.4
Use the power rule to distribute the exponent.
Step 3.2.1.4.1
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.2.1.4.2
Apply the product rule to .
Step 3.2.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.2.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.2.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.2.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 3.2.1.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 3.2.1.9
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 3.2.1.9.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.9.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.9.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.1.10
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 3.2.1.10.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.2.1.10.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4
Multiply .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.2.1.10.1.4.6
Add and .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.1
Use to rewrite as .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.2
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.3
Combine and .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.4.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.4.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2.1.10.1.5.5
Evaluate the exponent.
Step 3.2.1.10.2
Add and .
Step 3.2.1.10.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.2.1.11
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 3.2.1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1.11.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1.11.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1.11.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 3.2.1.11.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.1.11.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.11.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.2.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3.2.4
Combine fractions.
Step 3.2.4.1
Combine and .
Step 3.2.4.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.2.4.2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.2.4.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.2.5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.2.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.5.4
Subtract from .
Step 3.2.6
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3.2.7
Combine fractions.
Step 3.2.7.1
Combine and .
Step 3.2.7.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.2.8
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.2.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2.8.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.2.8.3
Add and .
Step 4
The solution to the system is the complete set of ordered pairs that are valid solutions.
Step 5
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Point Form:
Equation Form:
Step 6