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Pre-Algebra Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2
Simplify each term.
Step 1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 1.2.2
Combine and .
Step 1.2.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Combine.
Step 3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.2.1
Move .
Step 3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.2.3
Add and .
Step 3.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.5
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.6
Multiply .
Step 3.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.6.3.1
Move .
Step 3.6.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.6.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.6.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.6.3.3
Add and .
Step 3.6.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.7
Combine.
Step 3.8
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 3.8.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.8.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 3.8.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.8.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.8.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.9
Multiply by .
Step 3.10
Multiply by .
Step 3.11
Multiply .
Step 3.11.1
Combine and .
Step 3.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.11.3
Combine and .
Step 3.11.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.11.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.11.6
Add and .
Step 3.12
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 3.13
Multiply .
Step 3.13.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.13.2
Combine and .
Step 3.13.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.13.4
Combine and .
Step 3.13.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.13.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.13.7
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.13.8
Add and .
Step 3.14
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.14.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.14.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.14.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.15
Combine and .
Step 3.16
Multiply .
Step 3.16.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.16.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.16.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.17
Multiply .
Step 3.17.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.3
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.17.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.18
Multiply .
Step 3.18.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.18.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.18.3
Multiply by .
Step 4
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2
Multiply by .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.4
Subtract from .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.5
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.6
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.7
Factor out of .
Step 7.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 8
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 10
Step 10.1
Multiply by .
Step 10.2
Multiply by .
Step 10.3
Multiply by .
Step 10.4
Multiply by .
Step 11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 12
Step 12.1
Factor out of .
Step 12.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 12.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 12.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 12.2
Combine exponents.
Step 12.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 12.3
Simplify each term.
Step 12.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 12.3.2
Simplify.
Step 12.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 12.3.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 12.3.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 12.4
Add and .
Step 13
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 14
Step 14.1
Multiply by .
Step 14.2
Multiply by .
Step 15
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 16
Step 16.1
Factor out of .
Step 16.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 16.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 16.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 16.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 16.3
Simplify.
Step 16.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 16.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 16.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 16.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 16.4
Multiply by .
Step 16.5
Add and .
Step 17
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 18
Step 18.1
Multiply by .
Step 18.2
Multiply by .
Step 19
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 20
Step 20.1
Factor out of .
Step 20.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 20.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 20.2
Multiply by .
Step 20.3
Subtract from .
Step 21
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 22
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 23
Step 23.1
Multiply by .
Step 23.2
Multiply by .
Step 23.3
Multiply by .
Step 23.4
Multiply by .
Step 24
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 25
Step 25.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 25.2
Simplify.
Step 25.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 25.2.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 25.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 25.2.4
Move to the left of .
Step 25.3
Simplify each term.
Step 25.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 25.3.1.1
Move .
Step 25.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 25.3.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 25.3.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 25.3.1.3
Add and .
Step 25.3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 25.3.2.1
Move .
Step 25.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 25.3.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 25.3.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 25.3.2.3
Add and .
Step 25.3.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 25.3.3.1
Move .
Step 25.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 25.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 25.5
Simplify.
Step 25.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 25.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 25.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 25.5.4
Multiply by .
Step 25.6
Multiply by .