Algebra Examples

Find the Equation Given the Roots -1/4 , square root of 7 , -6i
, ,
Step 1
Roots are the points where the graph intercepts with the x-axis .
at the roots
Step 2
The root at was found by solving for when and .
The factor is
Step 3
The root at was found by solving for when and .
The factor is
Step 4
The root at was found by solving for when and .
The factor is
Step 5
The root at was found by solving for when and .
The factor is
Step 6
Combine all the factors into a single equation.
Step 7
Multiply all the factors to simplify the equation .
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Step 7.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 7.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.2
Simplify and combine like terms.
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Step 7.2.1
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.2.1.1
Multiply by .
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Combine and .
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Combine and .
Step 7.2.2
Subtract from .
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Step 7.2.2.1
Reorder and .
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To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.2.2.3
Combine and .
Step 7.2.2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.2.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.2.4
Combine and .
Step 7.2.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.2.6
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.3
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 7.3.1
Reorder terms.
Step 7.3.2
Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.
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Step 7.3.2.1
Group the first two terms and the last two terms.
Step 7.3.2.2
Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.
Step 7.3.3
Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, .
Step 7.4
Simplify terms.
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Step 7.4.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.4.2
Combine and .
Step 7.4.3
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.4.3.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.3.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.4
Combine and .
Step 7.4.5
Combine and .
Step 7.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.6
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 7.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.7
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.8
Simplify the numerator.
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Step 7.8.1
Factor out of .
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Step 7.8.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.8.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.8.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 7.8.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.9
Simplify terms.
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Step 7.9.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.9.2
Simplify terms.
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Step 7.9.2.1
Combine and .
Step 7.9.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.9.2.2.1
Factor out of .
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Factor out of .
Step 7.9.2.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.9.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.9.2.3
Combine and .
Step 7.9.2.4
Combine and .
Step 7.9.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7.10
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.11
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
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Step 7.11.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.11.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.12
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.13
Multiply by .
Step 7.14
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.1
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 7.14.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.1.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.2
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.2.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 7.14.2.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.2.2.1
Move .
Step 7.14.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.3
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 7.14.4
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.4.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.4.1.1
Move .
Step 7.14.4.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.4.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.4.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.4.1.3
Add and .
Step 7.14.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.4.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.4.4
Move to the left of .
Step 7.14.4.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.4.5.1
Move .
Step 7.14.4.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.4.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.4.7
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.5
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.6
Simplify.
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Step 7.14.6.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.1.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.6.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.6.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.6.1.3
Add and .
Step 7.14.6.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.2.1
Move .
Step 7.14.6.2.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.6.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.6.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.6.2.3
Add and .
Step 7.14.6.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.3.1
Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.6.3.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.6.3.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.6.3.2
Add and .
Step 7.14.6.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.4.1
Move .
Step 7.14.6.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.6.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.5.1
Move .
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Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.6.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.6.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.6.5.3
Add and .
Step 7.14.6.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.6.1
Move .
Step 7.14.6.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.6.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.6.7.1
Move .
Step 7.14.6.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.7
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.8
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.9
Expand using the FOIL Method.
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Step 7.14.9.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.9.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.9.3
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.10
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.10.1
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 7.14.10.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.10.2.1
Move .
Step 7.14.10.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.10.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.10.4
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.10.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.10.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.11
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 7.14.12
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.12.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.12.1.1
Move .
Step 7.14.12.1.2
Multiply by .
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Step 7.14.12.1.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.12.1.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.12.1.3
Add and .
Step 7.14.12.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.12.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.12.3.1
Move .
Step 7.14.12.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.12.4
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.12.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
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Step 7.14.12.5.1
Move .
Step 7.14.12.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.12.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.12.7
Multiply by .
Step 7.14.13
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.14.14
Simplify.
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Step 7.14.14.1
Multiply .
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Step 7.14.14.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.1.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.1.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.14.1.4
Add and .
Step 7.14.14.2
Multiply .
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Step 7.14.14.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.2.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.2.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.14.2.4
Add and .
Step 7.14.14.3
Multiply .
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Step 7.14.14.3.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.3.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.3.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.14.3.4
Add and .
Step 7.14.14.4
Multiply .
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Step 7.14.14.4.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.4.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 7.14.14.4.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 7.14.14.4.4
Add and .
Step 7.14.15
Simplify each term.
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Step 7.14.15.1
Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
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Rewrite as .
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Multiply by .
Step 7.15
Combine the opposite terms in .
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Step 7.15.1
Subtract from .
Step 7.15.2
Add and .
Step 7.15.3
Subtract from .
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Add and .
Step 7.15.5
Add and .
Step 7.15.6
Add and .
Step 7.15.7
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 7.15.8
Add and .
Step 7.15.9
Add and .
Step 7.16
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.17
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.18
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.19
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.20
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.21
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.22
Split the fraction into two fractions.
Step 7.23
Cancel the common factor of .
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Step 7.23.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.23.2
Divide by .
Step 7.24
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 7.24.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.24.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.24.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.24.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.24.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.24.2.4
Divide by .
Step 7.25
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 7.26
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 7.26.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.26.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.26.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.26.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.26.2.4
Divide by .
Step 7.27
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 7.27.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.27.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.27.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.27.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.27.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.27.2.4
Divide by .
Step 7.28
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 7.28.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.28.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.28.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.28.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.28.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.28.2.4
Divide by .
Step 7.29
Cancel the common factor of and .
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Step 7.29.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.29.2
Cancel the common factors.
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Step 7.29.2.1
Factor out of .
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Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.29.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.29.2.4
Divide by .
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