Algebra Examples

$(x^{2} - 4) \cdot 2 - 4 (x^{2} - 4) - 96$

Step 1

Subtract $4 (x^{2} - 4)$ from $(x^{2} - 4) \cdot 2$ .

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Step 1.1

Reorder $x^{2} - 4$ and $2$ .

$2 \cdot (x^{2} - 4) - 4 (x^{2} - 4) - 96$

Step 1.2

Subtract $4 (x^{2} - 4)$ from $2 \cdot (x^{2} - 4)$ .

$- 2 \cdot (x^{2} - 4) - 96$

$- 2 (x^{2} - 4) - 96$

Step 2

Factor $- 2$ out of $- 2 \cdot (x^{2} - 4) - 96$ .

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Step 2.1

Factor $- 2$ out of $- 96$ .

$- 2 (x^{2} - 4) - 2 (48)$

Step 2.2

Factor $- 2$ out of $- 2 (x^{2} - 4) - 2 (48)$ .

$- 2 (x^{2} - 4 + 48)$

Step 3

Add $- 4$ and $48$ .

$- 2 (x^{2} + 44)$