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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.2
Combine.
Step 2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3
Step 3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 4
Step 4.1
Move to the left of .
Step 4.2
Move to the left of .
Step 5
Step 5.1
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 5.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.5
Combine and .
Step 5.6
Combine and .
Step 5.7
Multiply by .
Step 5.8
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.8.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.8.2
Divide by .
Step 6
Multiply by .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.2
Expand the denominator using the FOIL method.
Step 7.3
Simplify.
Step 8
Step 8.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 9
Step 9.1
Simplify each term.
Step 9.1.1
Multiply .
Step 9.1.1.1
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 9.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.2
Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.1.2.2
Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.3
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 9.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.6
Multiply .
Step 9.1.6.1
Combine using the product rule for radicals.
Step 9.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.7
Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 9.1.7.2
Rewrite as .
Step 9.1.8
Pull terms out from under the radical.
Step 9.1.9
Multiply by .
Step 9.1.10
Multiply by .
Step 9.2
Subtract from .
Step 9.3
Add and .
Step 10
Step 10.1
Factor out of .
Step 10.2
Factor out of .
Step 10.3
Factor out of .
Step 10.4
Cancel the common factors.
Step 10.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 10.4.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 10.4.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 11
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