Trigonometry Examples

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} + 1 = \frac{5}{- 3}$

Step 1

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 1.1

Subtract $1$ from both sides of the equation.

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = \frac{5}{- 3} - 1$

Step 1.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{5}{3} - 1$

Step 1.3

To write $- 1$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{5}{3} - 1 \cdot \frac{3}{3}$

Step 1.4

Combine $- 1$ and $\frac{3}{3}$ .

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{5}{3} + \frac{- 1 \cdot 3}{3}$

Step 1.5

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = \frac{- 5 - 1 \cdot 3}{3}$

Step 1.6

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 1.6.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = \frac{- 5 - 3}{3}$

Step 1.6.2

Subtract $3$ from $- 5$ .

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = \frac{- 8}{3}$

Step 1.7

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{8}{3}$

Step 2

Find the LCD of the terms in the equation.

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Step 2.1

Finding the LCD of a list of values is the same as finding the LCM of the denominators of those values.

$x^{2} + 9, 3$

Step 2.2

The LCM is the smallest positive number that all of the numbers divide into evenly.

1. List the prime factors of each number.

2. Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either number.

Step 2.3

The number $1$ is not a prime number because it only has one positive factor, which is itself.

Not prime

Step 2.4

Since $3$ has no factors besides $1$ and $3$ .

$3$ is a prime number

Step 2.5

The LCM of $1, 3$ is the result of multiplying all prime factors the greatest number of times they occur in either number.

$3$

Step 2.6

The factor for $x^{2} + 9$ is $x^{2} + 9$ itself.

$(x^{2} + 9) = x^{2} + 9$

$(x^{2} + 9)$ occurs $1$ time.

Step 2.7

The LCM of $x^{2} + 9$ is the result of multiplying all factors the greatest number of times they occur in either term.

$x^{2} + 9$

Step 2.8

The Least Common Multiple $LCM$ of some numbers is the smallest number that the numbers are factors of.

$3 (x^{2} + 9)$

Step 3

Multiply each term in $\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{8}{3}$ by $3 (x^{2} + 9)$ to eliminate the fractions.

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Step 3.1

Multiply each term in $\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} = - \frac{8}{3}$ by $3 (x^{2} + 9)$ .

$\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} (3 (x^{2} + 9)) = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 3.2.1

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$3 \frac{30}{x^{2} + 9} (x^{2} + 9) = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.2.2

Multiply $3 \frac{30}{x^{2} + 9}$ .

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Step 3.2.2.1

Combine $3$ and $\frac{30}{x^{2} + 9}$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot 30}{x^{2} + 9} (x^{2} + 9) = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.2.2.2

Multiply $3$ by $30$ .

$\frac{90}{x^{2} + 9} (x^{2} + 9) = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.2.3

Cancel the common factor of $x^{2} + 9$ .

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Step 3.2.3.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{90}{x^{2} + 9} (x^{2} + 9) = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.2.3.2

Rewrite the expression.

$90 = - \frac{8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 3.3.1

Cancel the common factor of $3$ .

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Step 3.3.1.1

Move the leading negative in $- \frac{8}{3}$ into the numerator.

$90 = \frac{- 8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.3.1.2

Cancel the common factor.

$90 = \frac{- 8}{3} (3 (x^{2} + 9))$

Step 3.3.1.3

Rewrite the expression.

$90 = - 8 (x^{2} + 9)$

Step 3.3.2

Apply the distributive property.

$90 = - 8 x^{2} - 8 \cdot 9$

Step 3.3.3

Multiply $- 8$ by $9$ .

$90 = - 8 x^{2} - 72$

Step 4

Solve the equation.

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Step 4.1

Rewrite the equation as $- 8 x^{2} - 72 = 90$ .

$- 8 x^{2} - 72 = 90$

Step 4.2

Move all terms not containing $x$ to the right side of the equation.

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Step 4.2.1

Add $72$ to both sides of the equation.

$- 8 x^{2} = 90 + 72$

Step 4.2.2

Add $90$ and $72$ .

$- 8 x^{2} = 162$

Step 4.3

Divide each term in $- 8 x^{2} = 162$ by $- 8$ and simplify.

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Step 4.3.1

Divide each term in $- 8 x^{2} = 162$ by $- 8$ .

$\frac{- 8 x^{2}}{- 8} = \frac{162}{- 8}$

Step 4.3.2

Simplify the left side.

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Step 4.3.2.1

Cancel the common factor of $- 8$ .

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Step 4.3.2.1.1

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{- 8 x^{2}}{- 8} = \frac{162}{- 8}$

Step 4.3.2.1.2

Divide $x^{2}$ by $1$ .

$x^{2} = \frac{162}{- 8}$

Step 4.3.3

Simplify the right side.

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Step 4.3.3.1

Cancel the common factor of $162$ and $- 8$ .

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Step 4.3.3.1.1

Factor $2$ out of $162$ .

$x^{2} = \frac{2 (81)}{- 8}$

Step 4.3.3.1.2

Cancel the common factors.

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Step 4.3.3.1.2.1

Factor $2$ out of $- 8$ .

$x^{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 81}{2 \cdot - 4}$

Step 4.3.3.1.2.2

Cancel the common factor.

$x^{2} = \frac{2 \cdot 81}{2 \cdot - 4}$

Step 4.3.3.1.2.3

Rewrite the expression.

$x^{2} = \frac{81}{- 4}$

Step 4.3.3.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$x^{2} = - \frac{81}{4}$

Step 4.4

Take the specified root of both sides of the equation to eliminate the exponent on the left side.

$x = \pm \sqrt{- \frac{81}{4}}$

Step 4.5

Simplify $\pm \sqrt{- \frac{81}{4}}$ .

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Step 4.5.1

Rewrite $- \frac{81}{4}$ as ${(\frac{9 i}{2})}^{2}$ .

$x = \pm \sqrt{{(\frac{9 i}{2})}^{2}}$

Step 4.5.2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$x = \pm \frac{9 i}{2}$

Step 4.6

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

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Step 4.6.1

First, use the positive value of the $\pm$ to find the first solution.

$x = \frac{9 i}{2}$

Step 4.6.2

Next, use the negative value of the $\pm$ to find the second solution.

$x = - \frac{9 i}{2}$

Step 4.6.3

The complete solution is the result of both the positive and negative portions of the solution.

$x = \frac{9 i}{2}, - \frac{9 i}{2}$