Algebra Examples

$(x^{2} - 144) - (x^{2} - 24 x + 144)$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

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Step 1.1

Apply the distributive property.

$x^{2} - 144 - x^{2} - (- 24 x) - 1 \cdot 144$

Step 1.2

Simplify.

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Step 1.2.1

Multiply $- 24$ by $- 1$ .

$x^{2} - 144 - x^{2} + 24 x - 1 \cdot 144$

Step 1.2.2

Multiply $- 1$ by $144$ .

$x^{2} - 144 - x^{2} + 24 x - 144$

Step 2

Simplify by adding terms.

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Step 2.1

Combine the opposite terms in $x^{2} - 144 - x^{2} + 24 x - 144$ .

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Step 2.1.1

Subtract $x^{2}$ from $x^{2}$ .

$0 - 144 + 24 x - 144$

Step 2.1.2

Subtract $144$ from $0$ .

$- 144 + 24 x - 144$

Step 2.2

Subtract $144$ from $- 144$ .

$24 x - 288$