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Step 1
Step 1.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 1.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 1.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 1.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 1.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 1.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.2.3.1.1
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2.3.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.2.3.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.3.1.3.2
Divide by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.2.1
Simplify .
Step 2.2.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.2.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.2.1.1.2
Simplify.
Step 2.2.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.2
Multiply .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.2.2
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.3
Simplify terms.
Step 2.2.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 2.2.1.4.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.2.1.4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.4.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.4.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.4.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1.4.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.4.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.1.4.2
Move to the left of .
Step 2.2.1.4.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.1.5
Add and .
Step 2.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 2.4
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.4.1
Simplify .
Step 2.4.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.4.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.1.1.2
Simplify.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 2.4.1.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 3.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.2.3.1.1
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 3.2.3.1.2
Dividing two negative values results in a positive value.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 4.2.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.2.1.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.2.1.1.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.5
Multiply .
Step 4.2.1.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.3
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.3.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.4
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.4.4
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.6
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.1.6.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.7
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.2.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.7.2.1
Reorder and .
Step 4.2.1.7.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.7.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.7.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.8
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 4.2.1.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.8.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.8.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.2.1.8.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.8.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.4
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.4.1
Simplify .
Step 4.4.1.1
Find the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.1.1
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 4.4.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.4
Write as a fraction with denominator .
Step 4.4.1.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.3
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.4.1.3.3
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.3.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.4
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.3.4.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3.5
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.3.5.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.3.5.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.3.6
Move to the left of .
Step 4.4.1.4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.5
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.7
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.4.1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.1.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.10
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.13
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.14
Add and .
Step 4.4.1.15
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.1.16
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.17
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.18
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.19
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.4.1.20
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.20.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.20.2
Multiply by .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 5.2
Solve the equation for .
Step 5.2.1
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.2.1.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2.1.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.2.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.1.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.2.1.3.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 6
Step 6.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 6.2.1
Simplify .
Step 6.2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.1.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 6.2.1.2.1
Divide by .
Step 6.2.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.4
Simplify the right side.
Step 6.4.1
Simplify .
Step 6.4.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.4.1.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 6.4.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.4.1.2.3
Divide by .
Step 7
The solution to the system is the complete set of ordered pairs that are valid solutions.
Step 8
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Point Form:
Equation Form: