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Precalculus Examples
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Step 1
Step 1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2
Reorder the polynomial.
Step 3
Move .
Step 4
Multiply each equation by the value that makes the coefficients of opposite.
Step 5
Step 5.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.1.1
Simplify .
Step 5.1.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.1.1.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.1.1.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.1.1.3
Combine and .
Step 5.1.1.4
Combine and .
Step 5.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3
Simplify the left side.
Step 5.3.1
Simplify .
Step 5.3.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 5.3.1.2
Simplify.
Step 5.3.1.2.1
Combine and .
Step 5.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.1.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.1.2.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.1.2.3
Combine and .
Step 5.3.1.2.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 5.3.1.2.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 5.3.1.2.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 5.3.1.2.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 5.3.1.2.5
Combine and .
Step 5.4
Simplify the right side.
Step 5.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 6
Add the two equations together to eliminate from the system.
Step 7
Step 7.1
Simplify .
Step 7.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.1.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 7.1.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 7.1.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.3
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.3.4
Multiply by .
Step 7.1.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 7.1.5
Reorder and .
Step 7.1.6
Add and .
Step 7.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 7.3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 7.4
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 7.4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 7.4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 7.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.4.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 7.4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 7.4.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 7.4.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.4.2.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.4.2.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.4
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 7.4.2.1.4.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.4.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.4.2.1.4.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 7.4.2.1.4.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 7.4.2.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 7.4.2.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 7.5
Reorder and .
Step 8
Step 8.1
Substitute the value found for into one of the original equations to solve for .
Step 8.2
Simplify .
Step 8.2.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.2.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 8.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 8.2.1.1.2
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 8.2.1.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8.2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 8.2.1.3
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 8.2.1.4
Multiply .
Step 8.2.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 8.2.3
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 8.2.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.2.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 8.2.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 8.2.5.1
Move to the left of .
Step 8.2.5.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 8.2.5.3
Multiply by .
Step 8.3
Multiply both sides by .
Step 8.4
Simplify.
Step 8.4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 8.4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 8.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 8.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.4.1.1.2
Reorder and .
Step 8.4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 8.4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 8.4.2.1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 8.4.2.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.4.2.1.1.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 8.4.2.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 8.5
Solve for .
Step 8.5.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 8.5.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 8.5.1.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 8.5.1.3
Subtract from .
Step 8.5.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 8.5.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 8.5.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 8.5.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 8.5.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 8.5.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 8.5.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 8.5.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 8.5.2.3.1.1
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 8.5.2.3.1.2
Divide by .
Step 9
This is the final solution to the independent system of equations.