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Step 1
Step 1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.3
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
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 by .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 2.2.1.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.1.2.2
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
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 2.4.1.2.1
Add and .
Step 2.4.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 2.4.1.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.5
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 2.6
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.6.1
Simplify .
Step 2.6.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.6.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.6.1.3
Add and .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 3.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3.3
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3.4
Subtract from .
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
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Simplify.
Step 4.2.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 4.2.1.2.1
Add and .
Step 4.2.1.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.4
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.4.1
Simplify .
Step 4.4.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.4.1.1.2
Simplify.
Step 4.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 4.4.1.2.1
Add and .
Step 4.4.1.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.1.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 4.5
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 4.6
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.6.1
Simplify .
Step 4.6.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.6.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.6.1.1.2
Simplify.
Step 4.6.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.6.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.6.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.6.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 4.6.1.2.1
Add and .
Step 4.6.1.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.6.1.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 5.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 5.2.3.1.1
Divide by .
Step 5.2.3.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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 each term.
Step 6.2.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 6.2.1.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.1.3.2
Combine and .
Step 6.2.1.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.4
Simplify terms.
Step 6.2.1.4.1
Combine and .
Step 6.2.1.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.2.1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 6.2.1.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.5.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.1.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.5.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.4
Simplify the left side.
Step 6.4.1
Simplify .
Step 6.4.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.4.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.4.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 6.4.1.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.1.3.2
Combine and .
Step 6.4.1.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.4.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.4
Simplify terms.
Step 6.4.1.4.1
Combine and .
Step 6.4.1.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.4.1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 6.4.1.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 6.4.1.5.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 6.4.1.5.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.5.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.5
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 6.6
Simplify the right side.
Step 6.6.1
Simplify .
Step 6.6.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.6.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.6.1.1.3.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.6.1.1.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.1.1.3.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.6.1.1.3.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.6.1.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.6.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.4
Simplify terms.
Step 6.6.1.4.1
Combine and .
Step 6.6.1.4.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6.1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.1.5.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 6.6.1.5.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.1.5.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.1.5.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.1.5.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 6.6.1.5.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.5.2
Move to the left of .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 7.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 7.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 7.2
Set the numerator equal to zero.
Step 7.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 7.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 7.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 7.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 7.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.3.3.1
Divide by .
Step 8
Step 8.1
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 8.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.2.1
Simplify .
Step 8.2.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 8.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 8.3
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 8.4
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.4.1
Simplify .
Step 8.4.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 8.4.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2.4
Divide by .
Step 8.4.1.1.2
Multiply .
Step 8.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.4.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.4.1.2
Add and .
Step 8.5
Replace all occurrences of in with .
Step 8.6
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.6.1
Simplify .
Step 8.6.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.6.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 8.6.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.6.1.1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 8.6.1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.6.1.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.6.1.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.6.1.1.1.2.4
Divide by .
Step 8.6.1.1.2
Multiply .
Step 8.6.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.6.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.6.1.2
Add and .
Step 9
List all of the solutions.