Pre-Algebra Examples

$\frac{- 5 x - 5}{- 5}$

Step 1

Cancel the common factor of $- 5 x - 5$ and $- 5$ .

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Step 1.1

Factor $5$ out of $- 5 x$ .

$\frac{5 (- x) - 5}{- 5}$

Step 1.2

Factor $5$ out of $- 5$ .

$\frac{5 (- x) + 5 (- 1)}{- 5}$

Step 1.3

Factor $5$ out of $5 (- x) + 5 (- 1)$ .

$\frac{5 (- x - 1)}{- 5}$

Step 1.4

Move the negative one from the denominator of $\frac{- x - 1}{- 1}$ .

$- 1 \cdot (- x - 1)$

Step 2

Rewrite $- 1 \cdot (- x - 1)$ as $- (- x - 1)$ .

$- (- x - 1)$

Step 3

Apply the distributive property.

$- - x - - 1$

Step 4

Multiply $- - x$ .

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Step 4.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$1 x - - 1$

Step 4.2

Multiply $x$ by $1$ .

$x - - 1$

Step 5

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$x + 1$