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Finite Math Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.3
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.4
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.4.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.4.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.4.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.4.1.2.1
Move .
Step 1.4.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.4.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.4.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.4.1.4.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.1.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.4.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.4.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.1.4.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.1.5
Combine and .
Step 1.4.1.6
Factor out negative.
Step 1.4.1.7
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.4.1.8
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.4.1.8.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.1.8.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.8.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.1.8.4
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.1.8.5
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.1.9
Combine and .
Step 1.4.1.10
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.4.1.11
Multiply .
Step 1.4.1.11.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.11.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.1.11.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.4.1.11.4.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.4.1.11.4.2
Add and .
Step 1.4.1.11.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.4.2.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.4.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.5
Simplify each term.
Step 1.5.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.5.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.5.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.5.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.6
Combine and .
Step 1.7
Rewrite as .
Step 1.8
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.8.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.8.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.8.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.9
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.9.1.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.9.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.2.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.9.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.9.1.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.9.1.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.9.1.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.9.1.5
Combine and .
Step 1.9.1.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.9.1.7
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.9.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.9.1.7.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.9.1.7.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.9.1.8
Combine and .
Step 1.9.1.9
Combine.
Step 1.9.1.10
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.10.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.10.2
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.2
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.9.2.2
Add and .
Step 1.10
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.10.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.10.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.10.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.11
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.12
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 2.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.1.2
Add and .
Step 2.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.1.4
Add and .
Step 2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.4
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 2.4.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.5
Move the negative in front of the fraction.