Precalculus Examples

Divide ((x^2+2)^3(2x)-x^2*3(x^2+2)^2(2x))/(((x^2+2)^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
Combine exponents.
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Step 1.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.5
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.2.6
Add and .
Step 1.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Subtract from .
Step 1.5
Factor out of .
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Step 1.5.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.5.3
Factor out of .
Step 1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 1.7
Reorder and .
Step 1.8
Factor.
Step 2
Simplify the denominator.
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Step 2.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.2
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 2.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 2.3.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.3.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.3.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.4
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.3.4.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.6
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.7
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.3.7.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.8
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.9
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.10
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 2.3.10.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 2.3.10.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.11
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.12
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.13
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.3.14
Multiply by .
Step 2.3.15
Raise to the power of .
Step 3
Move to the left of .
Step 4
Reorder factors in .
Step 5
Rewrite as .
Step 6
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 6.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 6.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 7.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.1.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 7.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 7.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.2
Add and .
Step 8
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9
Simplify.
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Step 9.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 9.1.1
Move .
Step 9.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 9.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 9.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 9.1.3
Add and .
Step 9.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 9.3
Multiply by .
Step 10
Simplify each term.
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Step 10.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 10.1.1
Move .
Step 10.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 10.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 10.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 10.1.3
Add and .
Step 10.2
Multiply by .
Step 11
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 12
Simplify each term.
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Step 12.1
Multiply by .
Step 12.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 12.2.1
Move .
Step 12.2.2
Multiply by .
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Step 12.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 12.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 12.2.3
Add and .
Step 12.3
Multiply by .
Step 12.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 12.4.1
Move .
Step 12.4.2
Multiply by .
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Step 12.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 12.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 12.4.3
Add and .
Step 12.5
Multiply by .
Step 12.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 12.6.1
Move .
Step 12.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 13
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 14
Simplify each term.
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Step 14.1
Multiply by .
Step 14.2
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.3.1
Move .
Step 14.3.2
Multiply by .
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Step 14.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 14.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 14.3.3
Add and .
Step 14.4
Multiply by .
Step 14.5
Multiply by .
Step 14.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.7.1
Move .
Step 14.7.2
Multiply by .
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Step 14.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 14.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 14.7.3
Add and .
Step 14.8
Multiply by .
Step 14.9
Multiply by .
Step 14.10
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.11.1
Move .
Step 14.11.2
Multiply by .
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Step 14.11.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 14.11.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 14.11.3
Add and .
Step 14.12
Multiply by .
Step 14.13
Multiply by .
Step 14.14
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.15
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.15.1
Move .
Step 14.15.2
Multiply by .
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Step 14.15.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 14.15.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 14.15.3
Add and .
Step 14.16
Multiply by .
Step 14.17
Multiply by .
Step 14.18
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.19
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.19.1
Move .
Step 14.19.2
Multiply by .
Step 14.20
Multiply by .
Step 14.21
Multiply by .
Step 14.22
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 14.23
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 14.23.1
Move .
Step 14.23.2
Multiply by .
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Step 14.23.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 14.23.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 14.23.3
Add and .
Step 14.24
Multiply by .
Step 15
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 15.1
Add and .
Step 15.2
Add and .
Step 15.3
Add and .
Step 15.4
Add and .
Step 15.5
Add and .
Step 15.6
Add and .
Step 15.7
Subtract from .
Step 15.8
Add and .
Step 16
Subtract from .
Step 17
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 18
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 19
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 20
Move the negative in front of the fraction.