Precalculus Examples

Simplify ((5b)(3x-9)^(3/4)(5x+10)-(3x-9)^(-1/4)(20b))/(10b(3x-9)^(3/2))
Step 1
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.1
Factor out of .
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Step 1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.6
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.7
Multiply .
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Step 1.7.1
Multiply by .
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Combine and .
Step 1.8
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.10
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.11
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.13
Reorder terms.
Step 1.14
Rewrite in a factored form.
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Step 1.14.1
Factor out of .
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Step 1.14.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 1.14.1.3
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 1.14.1.5
Factor out of .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.14.2.1
Move .
Step 1.14.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.14.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.14.2.4
Add and .
Step 1.14.2.5
Divide by .
Step 1.14.3
Simplify .
Step 1.14.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.14.5
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.14.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.14.7.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.14.7.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.14.7.4
Add and .
Step 1.14.7.5
Divide by .
Step 1.14.8
Simplify .
Step 1.14.9
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.14.10
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.14.11
Multiply by .
Step 1.14.12
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.14.12.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Move .
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Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.14.13
Subtract from .
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Subtract from .
Step 1.14.15
Reorder terms.
Step 2
Combine and .
Step 3
Move to the left of .
Step 4
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 5
Combine.
Step 6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 6.1
Move .
Step 6.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6.4
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 6.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6.6
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 6.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.2
Add and .
Step 7
Multiply by .
Step 8
Factor out of .
Step 9
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 9.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 9.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 10
Cancel the common factor.
Step 11
Rewrite the expression.
Step 12
Move to the left of .