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Precalculus Examples
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Step 1
Step 1.1
Multiply by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify .
Step 2.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 2.1.1.1
Evaluate .
Step 2.1.1.2
Evaluate .
Step 2.1.1.3
Move to the left of .
Step 2.1.2
Simplify by multiplying through.
Step 2.1.2.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.1.2.2
Multiply.
Step 2.1.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.2.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Evaluate .
Step 3.2
Move to the left of .
Step 3.3
Evaluate .
Step 3.4
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.6
Multiply by .
Step 4
Step 4.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 4.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 4.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 4.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 4.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 4.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 4.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 4.3.1.1
Divide by .
Step 4.3.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 4.3.1.4
Separate fractions.
Step 4.3.1.5
Divide by .
Step 4.3.1.6
Divide by .
Step 5
Since the roots of an equation are the points where the solution is , set each root as a factor of the equation that equals .
Step 6
Step 6.1
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 6.2
Simplify terms.
Step 6.2.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 6.2.1.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 6.2.1.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.2
Simplify each term.
Step 6.2.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.2
Move to the left of .
Step 6.2.2.3
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.8
Multiply .
Step 6.2.2.8.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.2.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.2.8.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.2.2.8.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.2.2.8.5
Add and .
Step 6.2.2.9
Rewrite as .
Step 6.2.2.10
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.3
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 6.2.3.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 6.2.3.1.1
Add and .
Step 6.2.3.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.2.3.2
Simplify the expression.
Step 6.2.3.2.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.2.3.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.2.3.3
Subtract from .
Step 6.2.3.4
Add and .
Step 6.3
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 6.4
Simplify terms.
Step 6.4.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.4.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.4.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.1.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.4.1.1.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.4.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.4.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 6.4.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.4.1.3.1
Move .
Step 6.4.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.1.7
Multiply by .
Step 6.4.2
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 6.4.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 6.4.2.2
Add and .
Step 6.5
Expand by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.
Step 6.6
Simplify terms.
Step 6.6.1
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.6.1.1.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.1.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.1.1.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.1.2
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.2
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.1.3
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.6.1.4.1
Move .
Step 6.6.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.4.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.4.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.4.3
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.6
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.7
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.6.1.7.1
Move .
Step 6.6.1.7.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.7.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.7.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.7.3
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.8
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.9
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.1.10
Multiply .
Step 6.6.1.10.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.10.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.10.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.10.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.10.5
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.11
Rewrite as .
Step 6.6.1.12
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.13
Move to the left of .
Step 6.6.1.14
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.6.1.14.1
Move .
Step 6.6.1.14.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.15
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.16
Multiply .
Step 6.6.1.16.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.16.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.16.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.16.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.16.5
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.17
Rewrite as .
Step 6.6.1.18
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.19
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 6.6.1.19.1
Move .
Step 6.6.1.19.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.20
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.21
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.22
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.23
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.24
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.25
Multiply .
Step 6.6.1.25.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.1.25.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.25.3
Raise to the power of .
Step 6.6.1.25.4
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 6.6.1.25.5
Add and .
Step 6.6.1.26
Rewrite as .
Step 6.6.1.27
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 6.6.2.1
Reorder the factors in the terms and .
Step 6.6.2.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.6.3
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.3.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.4
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 6.6.4.1
Add and .
Step 6.6.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.6.4.3
Add and .
Step 6.6.4.4
Add and .
Step 6.6.4.5
Add and .
Step 6.6.4.6
Add and .
Step 6.6.5
Simplify each term.
Step 6.6.5.1
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 6.6.6
Simplify by adding terms.
Step 6.6.6.1
Add and .
Step 6.6.6.2
Add and .
Step 6.7
Subtract from .
Step 6.7.1
Move .
Step 6.7.2
Subtract from .
Step 6.8
Subtract from .
Step 6.9
Subtract from .
Step 6.10
Add and .
Step 6.11
Add and .