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Precalculus Examples
Step 1
Step 1.1
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2
Simplify by moving inside the logarithm.
Step 1.3
Exponentiation and log are inverse functions.
Step 1.4
Apply the product rule to .
Step 1.5
Combine and .
Step 1.6
Move to the denominator using the negative exponent rule .
Step 1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 1.7.1
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 1.7.2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 1.7.3
Combine and .
Step 1.7.4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 1.7.5
Simplify the numerator.
Step 1.7.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 1.7.5.2
Subtract from .
Step 2
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3
Combine and .
Step 4
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 5
The result can be shown in multiple forms.
Exact Form:
Decimal Form: