Finite Math Examples

$\frac{- 6 - (- 4)}{4 - 6}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $- 6 - (- 4)$ and $4 - 6$ .

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Step 1.1

Reorder terms.

$\frac{- 6 - 4 \cdot - 1}{4 - 6}$

Step 1.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 6$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3) - 4 \cdot - 1}{4 - 6}$

Step 1.3

Factor $2$ out of $- 4 \cdot - 1$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3) + 2 (- 2 \cdot - 1)}{4 - 6}$

Step 1.4

Factor $2$ out of $2 (- 3) + 2 (- 2 \cdot - 1)$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1)}{4 - 6}$

Step 1.5

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 1.5.1

Factor $2$ out of $4$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1)}{2 \cdot 2 - 6}$

Step 1.5.2

Factor $2$ out of $- 6$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1)}{2 \cdot 2 + 2 \cdot - 3}$

Step 1.5.3

Factor $2$ out of $2 \cdot 2 + 2 \cdot - 3$ .

$\frac{2 (- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1)}{2 \cdot (2 - 3)}$

Step 1.5.4

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{2 (- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1)}{2 \cdot (2 - 3)}$

Step 1.5.5

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{- 3 - 2 \cdot - 1}{2 - 3}$

Step 2

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 2.1

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{- 3 + 2}{2 - 3}$

Step 2.2

Add $- 3$ and $2$ .

$\frac{- 1}{2 - 3}$

Step 3

Simplify the expression.

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Step 3.1

Subtract $3$ from $2$ .

$\frac{- 1}{- 1}$

Step 3.2

Divide $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$1$