Algebra Examples

Simplify (x^2+9)^4(-1/3)(x+6)^(-4/3)+(x+6)^(-1/3)(4)(x^2+9)^3(2x)
Step 1
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.1
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 1.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.2.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 1.2.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 1.2.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.4
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 1.2.4.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.2.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.5
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.7
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.2.8
Multiply by .
Step 1.2.9
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.4
Simplify.
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Step 1.4.1
Combine and .
Step 1.4.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.4.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.4
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.4.4.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.4.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.6
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.4.6.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.6.2
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.7
Multiply by .
Step 1.4.8
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 1.4.8.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.4.8.2
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.4.8.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.4.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.5
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.7
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.7.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.7.2
Combine and .
Step 1.7.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.7.4
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.7.4.1
Factor out of .
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Step 1.7.4.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.7.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.7.6
Combine and .
Step 1.7.7
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.7.8
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.7.8.1
Factor out of .
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Step 1.7.8.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Apply the distributive property.
Step 1.7.8.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.7.8.4
Move to the left of .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.8.5.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.8.5.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.8.6
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.9
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.7.10
Combine and .
Step 1.7.11
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.7.12
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.7.12.1
Factor out of .
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Step 1.7.12.1.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Step 1.7.12.3.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.7.12.3.3
Move to the left of .
Step 1.7.12.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.7.12.4.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.12.4.1.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.12.4.1.3
Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.12.4.2.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.12.4.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.12.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.13
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.7.14
Combine and .
Step 1.7.15
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.7.16
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 1.7.16.1
Apply the distributive property.
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Simplify.
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Step 1.7.16.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
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Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.7.16.2.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.7.16.2.4
Move to the left of .
Step 1.7.16.3
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.7.16.3.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.16.3.1.1
Move .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.16.3.1.3
Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.16.3.2.1
Move .
Step 1.7.16.3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.16.3.2.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.16.3.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 1.7.16.3.3.1
Move .
Step 1.7.16.3.3.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.16.3.3.3
Add and .
Step 1.7.16.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.8
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 1.9
Multiply by .
Step 1.10
Rewrite the expression using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.11
Combine and .
Step 1.12
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 1.13
Multiply .
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Step 1.13.1
Combine and .
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Multiply by .
Step 1.14
Use the Binomial Theorem.
Step 1.15
Simplify each term.
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Step 1.15.1
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 1.15.1.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.15.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.15.2
Multiply the exponents in .
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Step 1.15.2.1
Apply the power rule and multiply exponents, .
Step 1.15.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.15.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.15.4
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.15.5
Multiply by .
Step 1.15.6
Raise to the power of .
Step 1.16
Multiply by .
Step 1.17
Combine and .
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 3.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 3.2.1
Move .
Step 3.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.2.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.2.4
Add and .
Step 3.3
Reorder the factors of .
Step 4
Simplify terms.
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Step 4.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 4.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 4.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 5.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.2
Simplify.
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Step 5.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 5.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.3
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 5.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.5
Simplify.
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Step 5.5.1
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 5.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 5.5.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.6
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.7
Simplify.
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Step 5.7.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.7.1.1
Move .
Step 5.7.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.7.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.7.1.3
Add and .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.7.2.1
Move .
Step 5.7.2.2
Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.7.2.3
Add and .
Step 5.7.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.7.3.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.7.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.8
Simplify.
Step 5.9
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 5.10
Simplify each term.
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Step 5.10.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.10.1.1
Move .
Step 5.10.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 5.10.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.10.1.3
Add and .
Step 5.10.2
Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.10.3.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 5.10.3.2.1
Raise to the power of .
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Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.10.3.3
Add and .
Step 5.10.4
Multiply by .
Step 5.10.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.10.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 5.10.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 5.10.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 5.10.5.3
Add and .
Step 5.10.6
Multiply by .
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Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 5.10.7.1
Move .
Step 5.10.7.2
Multiply by .
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Multiply by .
Step 5.11
Add and .
Step 5.12
Add and .
Step 5.13
Add and .
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Add and .
Step 5.15
Reorder terms.