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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
Subtract from 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
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2.3.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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
Multiply .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 2.2.1.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.3.2
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 2.2.1.1.4.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.2.1.1.4.2
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
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.7
Subtract from .
Step 2.2.1.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.9
Simplify terms.
Step 2.2.1.9.1
Combine and .
Step 2.2.1.9.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.2.1.10
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.2.1.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.2.1.10.2
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
Multiply .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.3
Multiply .
Step 2.4.1.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.3.2
Combine and .
Step 2.4.1.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.1.4
Simplify each term.
Step 2.4.1.1.4.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.4.1.1.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2.4.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.3
Combine and .
Step 2.4.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.4.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.4.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.7
Add and .
Step 2.4.1.8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.9
Simplify terms.
Step 2.4.1.9.1
Combine and .
Step 2.4.1.9.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.4.1.10
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.4.1.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.4.1.10.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.4.1.11
Simplify with factoring out.
Step 2.4.1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.11.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.11.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.11.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 2.4.1.11.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 2.4.1.11.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Multiply both sides by .
Step 3.2
Simplify.
Step 3.2.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.1.1
Simplify .
Step 3.2.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2.1.1.2
Reorder and .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.3
Solve for .
Step 3.3.1
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 3.3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
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 the numerator.
Step 4.2.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.2.1.1.2
Multiply .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
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
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.5
Combine and .
Step 4.2.1.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.7
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.1.1.8
Reorder terms.
Step 4.2.1.1.9
Rewrite in a factored form.
Step 4.2.1.1.9.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2.1.1.9.2
Add and .
Step 4.2.1.1.9.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.9.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.9.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.1.9.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2.1.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
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
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.4.1.2.2
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.2.2.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.2.3
Multiply .
Step 4.4.1.2.3.1
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.2.4
Simplify each term.
Step 4.4.1.2.4.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.2.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.4
Combine and .
Step 4.4.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.4.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.4.1.8
Subtract from .
Step 4.4.1.9
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.9.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.9.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.9.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.10
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.11
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.1.12
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.13
Simplify the expression.
Step 4.4.1.13.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.1.13.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 4.4.1.14
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 4.4.1.15
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.4.1.15.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 4.4.1.15.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.4.1.15.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.4.1.15.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4.4.1.16
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
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
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 5.3.2
Subtract from .
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
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 5.4.3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.4.3.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 5.4.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.4.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.3.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.4.3.2
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 the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.1.1
Multiply .
Step 6.2.1.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 6.2.1.1.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.1.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.2.1.1.3
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 6.2.1.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.2.1.1.5
Add and .
Step 6.2.1.1.6
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.2.1.1.7
Combine exponents.
Step 6.2.1.1.7.1
Factor out negative.
Step 6.2.1.1.7.2
Combine and .
Step 6.2.1.1.7.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 6.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.2.1.3.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.2.1.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 6.2.1.3.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.2.1.3.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.2.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 6.2.1.5
Multiply .
Step 6.2.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.1.5.2
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
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 6.4.1.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 6.4.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 6.4.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 6.4.1.3
Simplify the expression.
Step 6.4.1.3.1
Subtract from .
Step 6.4.1.3.2
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: