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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2
Multiply by .
Step 1.3
Multiply by .
Step 1.4
Multiply by .
Step 1.5
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 1.6
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.6.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 1.6.2
Factor out of .
Step 1.6.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.6.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.7
Combine and .
Step 1.8
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.8.1
Move to the left of .
Step 1.8.2
Rewrite as .
Step 1.9
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Multiply by .
Step 4.2
Multiply by .
Step 4.3
Multiply by .
Step 4.4
Multiply by .
Step 5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 6
Step 6.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2
Multiply by .
Step 7
Step 7.1
Factor out of .
Step 7.2
Factor out of .
Step 7.3
Factor out of .
Step 7.4
Simplify the expression.
Step 7.4.1
Rewrite as .
Step 7.4.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 8
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: