Enter a problem...
Precalculus Examples
,
Step 1
Step 1.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 1.1.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 1.1.2
Add to both sides of the equation.
Step 1.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 1.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 1.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 1.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 1.2.3.1
Simplify each term.
Step 1.2.3.1.1
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3.1.2
Cancel the common factor of and .
Step 1.2.3.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.2.3.1.2.2
Cancel the common factors.
Step 1.2.3.1.2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 1.2.3.1.2.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.3.1.2.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 1.2.3.1.3
Move the negative in front of the fraction.
Step 2
Step 2.1
Simplify .
Step 2.1.1
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.1.2
Combine and .
Step 2.1.3
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.1.4
Subtract from .
Step 2.1.4.1
Reorder and .
Step 2.1.4.2
Subtract from .
Step 2.1.5
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 2.1.6
Simplify terms.
Step 2.1.6.1
Combine and .
Step 2.1.6.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.1.7
Simplify each term.
Step 2.1.7.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 2.1.7.1.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.7.1.1.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 2.1.7.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.7.1.1.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.7.1.1.4
Factor out of .
Step 2.1.7.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.1.7.1.3
Add and .
Step 2.1.7.2
Move to the left of .
Step 2.2
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 2.2.1
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.2.2
Subtract from both sides of the equation.
Step 2.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 2.3
Multiply both sides of the equation by .
Step 2.4
Simplify both sides of the equation.
Step 2.4.1
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.4.1.1
Simplify .
Step 2.4.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.4.1.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.1.1.1.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.4.1.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.1.1.2.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.1.1.2.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.4.2
Simplify the right side.
Step 2.4.2.1
Simplify .
Step 2.4.2.1.1
Apply the distributive property.
Step 2.4.2.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.4.2.1.2.1
Move the leading negative in into the numerator.
Step 2.4.2.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.4.2.1.2.3
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.4.2.1.2.4
Rewrite the expression.
Step 2.4.2.1.3
Combine and .
Step 2.4.2.1.4
Multiply .
Step 2.4.2.1.4.1
Combine and .
Step 2.4.2.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify .
Step 3.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.1.1
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.1.1.1.1
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.1.1.1.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 3.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.1.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.1.3.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.1.3.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.1.4
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.5
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.2
Combine into one fraction.
Step 3.1.2.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 3.1.2.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.3
To write as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by .
Step 3.1.4
Write each expression with a common denominator of , by multiplying each by an appropriate factor of .
Step 3.1.4.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.5
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 3.1.6
Simplify the numerator.
Step 3.1.6.1
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.6.2
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.6.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.6.3.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.6.3.2
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.6.3.3
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.7
Cancel the common factors.
Step 3.1.7.1
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.7.2
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.7.3
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.8
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.9
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.10
Factor out of .
Step 3.1.11
Simplify the expression.
Step 3.1.11.1
Rewrite as .
Step 3.1.11.2
Move the negative in front of the fraction.