Pre-Algebra Examples

Simplify (5/7*(p^3-2)+7q^2)^2
Step 1
Simplify terms.
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Step 1.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2
Combine and .
Step 1.1.3
Multiply .
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Step 1.1.3.1
Combine and .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.1.4
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 2
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 3
Simplify terms.
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Step 3.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 3.1.1
Combine.
Step 3.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.1.2.1
Move .
Step 3.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5
Multiply .
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Step 3.1.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.7
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.1.7.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.7.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.8
Multiply .
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Step 3.1.8.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 3.1.9
Multiply .
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Step 3.1.9.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 3.1.9.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.9.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.10
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.1.10.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.10.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.10.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.10.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.11
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.1.11.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.11.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.11.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.12
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.13
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 3.1.13.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 3.1.13.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.13.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.13.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.14
Move to the left of .
Step 3.1.15
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.16
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.1.16.1
Move .
Step 3.1.16.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.16.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.17
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Simplify terms.
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Step 3.2.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 4.2
Rewrite as .
Step 4.3
Let . Substitute for all occurrences of .
Step 4.4
Factor using the perfect square rule.
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Step 4.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 4.4.2
Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
Step 4.4.3
Rewrite the polynomial.
Step 4.4.4
Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
Step 4.5
Replace all occurrences of with .
Step 5
Add and .
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Step 5.1
Move .
Step 5.2
Add and .
Step 6
Subtract from .
Step 7
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 8
Simplify terms.
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Step 8.1
Combine and .
Step 8.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 9
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 9.1
Factor out of .
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Step 9.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 9.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 9.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.3
Rewrite as .
Step 9.4
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 9.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9.4.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9.4.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9.5
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 9.5.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 9.5.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.5.1.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.5.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 9.5.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 9.5.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 9.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9.7
Simplify.
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Step 9.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 9.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 10
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 11
Simplify terms.
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Step 11.1
Combine and .
Step 11.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 12
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 12.1
Factor out of .
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Step 12.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 12.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 12.2
Multiply by .
Step 13
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 14
Simplify terms.
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Step 14.1
Combine and .
Step 14.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 15
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 15.1
Multiply by .
Step 15.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 15.3
Simplify.
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Step 15.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 15.3.5
Multiply by .