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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Move to the left of .
Step 1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.5.1
Move .
Step 1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.7
Simplify each term.
Step 1.7.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 1.9.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.9.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.9.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.10
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 1.10.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.10.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.10.1.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.10.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 1.10.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 1.10.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 1.10.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 1.10.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.10.2
Subtract from .
Step 1.11
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.12
Simplify.
Step 1.12.1
Combine and .
Step 1.12.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.12.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.12.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.12.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.12.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.12.3
Combine and .
Step 1.12.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.13
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.14
Combine and .
Step 1.15
Multiply by .
Step 1.16
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.16.1
Factor using the perfect square rule.
Step 1.16.1.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.5
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.6
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.1.7
Check that the middle term is two times the product of the numbers being squared in the first term and third term.
Step 1.16.1.8
Rewrite the polynomial.
Step 1.16.1.9
Factor using the perfect square trinomial rule , where and .
Step 1.16.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.16.3
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.16.3.1
Rewrite as .
Step 1.16.3.2
Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, where and .
Step 1.16.4
Apply the product rule to .
Step 1.16.5
Apply the product rule to .
Step 1.16.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.17
Combine and .
Step 1.18
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 1.18.1
Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.
Step 1.18.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.18.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.18.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.18.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.18.2
Divide by .
Step 1.19
Move to the left of .
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.2.1
Move .
Step 4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2.4
Add and .
Step 4.2.5
Divide by .
Step 4.3
Simplify .
Step 4.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.5.1
Move .
Step 4.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 4.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.5.3
Add and .
Step 4.6
Rewrite as .
Step 4.7
Rewrite as .
Step 4.8
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.8.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.8.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.8.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.9
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.9.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.9.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.9.1.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.9.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 4.9.2
Add and .
Step 4.10
Rewrite as .
Step 4.11
Expand using the FOIL Method.
Step 4.11.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.11.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.11.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 4.12
Simplify and combine like terms.
Step 4.12.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.12.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.12.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 4.12.1.3
Rewrite as .
Step 4.12.1.4
Rewrite as .
Step 4.12.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.12.2
Subtract from .
Step 4.13
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 4.14
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 4.14.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 4.14.2
Add and .
Step 4.14.3
Add and .
Step 4.15
Simplify each term.
Step 4.15.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.15.1.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 4.15.1.2
Add and .
Step 4.15.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 4.15.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 4.15.4.1
Move .
Step 4.15.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.5
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.6
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.7
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.8
Multiply by .
Step 4.15.9
Multiply by .
Step 4.16
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 4.16.1
Subtract from .
Step 4.16.2
Add and .
Step 4.17
Subtract from .
Step 4.18
Add and .
Step 4.19
Add and .
Step 5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Combine and .
Step 6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.2.1
Move .
Step 7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.2.4
Add and .
Step 7.2.5
Divide by .
Step 7.3
Simplify .
Step 7.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.8
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 7.8.1
Move .
Step 7.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.9
Multiply by .
Step 7.10
Subtract from .
Step 7.11
Reorder terms.