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Step 1
Step 1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Add to 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 2.2.1.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 2.2.1.2.1
Add and .
Step 2.2.1.2.2
Subtract from .
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 2.4.1.2
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
Add to 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
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Multiply .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 4.2.1.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.2.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.3
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.7
Subtract from .
Step 4.2.1.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.9
Simplify terms.
Step 4.2.1.9.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.9.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.10
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.2.1.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.10.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.1.11
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 4.2.1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.11.2
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.11.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.11.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.2.1.11.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.2.1.11.4.2
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
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.4.1.1.2
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.1.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.3
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 4.4.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.1.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.8
Simplify terms.
Step 4.4.1.8.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.8.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.8.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.9
Move to the left of .
Step 4.4.1.10
Simplify terms.
Step 4.4.1.10.1
Add and .
Step 4.4.1.10.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.10.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.10.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.10.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 5.2
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 5.2.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.2.1.1
Simplify .
Step 5.2.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.2.1.1.1.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 5.2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.2.1.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.2.1.1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.2.1.1.2
Multiply.
Step 5.2.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.3
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 5.3.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 5.3.2
Add and .
Step 5.4
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 5.4.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 5.4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 5.4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.4.3.1
Divide by .
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
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2.2
Divide 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
Add and .
Step 6.4.1.2.2
Divide by .
Step 7
List all of the solutions.