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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Simplify by multiplying through.
Step 1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.2.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3
Simplify each term.
Step 1.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.3.1.1
Move .
Step 1.3.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.5
Simplify terms.
Step 1.5.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.5.1.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 1.5.1.2
Add and .
Step 1.5.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.5.2
Simplify each term.
Step 1.5.2.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.5.2.1.1
Move .
Step 1.5.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.5.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.5.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.5.2.2.1
Move .
Step 1.5.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.3
Multiply .
Step 1.5.2.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.3.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.5.2.3.4
Add and .
Step 1.5.2.4
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.5.2.7.1
Move .
Step 1.5.2.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.8
Multiply .
Step 1.5.2.8.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.8.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.5.2.8.4
Add and .
Step 1.5.2.9
Rewrite as .
Step 1.5.2.10
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.3
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.5.3.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 1.5.3.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.5.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.5.4
Simplify each term.
Step 1.5.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.5.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.6
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.7
Simplify terms.
Step 1.7.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.7.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.7.1.1.1
Move .
Step 1.7.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.7.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.7.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.7.1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.7.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.4
Move to the left of .
Step 1.7.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.7.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.7.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.7.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 1.7.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 1.7.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.7.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 1.7.3
Simplify each term.
Step 1.7.3.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.7.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 1.9
Simplify terms.
Step 1.9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.9.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.1.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.9.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.3.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.7
Multiply .
Step 1.9.1.7.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.7.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.7.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.7.4
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.11
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.11.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.11.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.11.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.11.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.12
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.13
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.13.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.13.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.14
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.15
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.15.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.15.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.16
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.17
Multiply .
Step 1.9.1.17.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.17.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.17.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.17.4
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.18
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9.1.19
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.20
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.21
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.9.1.21.1
Move .
Step 1.9.1.21.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.21.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.21.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.21.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.22
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.23
Multiply .
Step 1.9.1.23.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.23.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.23.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.23.4
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.24
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9.1.25
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.26
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.27
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.1.28
Multiply .
Step 1.9.1.28.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.28.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.9.1.28.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.9.1.28.4
Add and .
Step 1.9.1.29
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9.1.30
Multiply by .
Step 1.9.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 1.9.2.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.9.2.1.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 1.9.2.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.9.2.1.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.1.4
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.1.5
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.2
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.9.2.4
Subtract from .
Step 1.10
Add and .
Step 1.10.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.10.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.11
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.11.1
Add and .
Step 1.11.2
Add and .
Step 1.12
Add and .
Step 1.13
Subtract from .
Step 1.14
Add and .
Step 1.14.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.14.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.15
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.15.1
Add and .
Step 1.15.2
Add and .
Step 1.16
Add and .
Step 1.17
Subtract from .
Step 1.18
Add and .
Step 1.18.1
Reorder and .
Step 1.18.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.19
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 1.19.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 1.19.2
Add and .
Step 1.19.3
Add and .
Step 1.20
Subtract from .
Step 2
The largest exponent is the degree of the polynomial.