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Step 1
Step 1.1
Move all terms not containing to the right side of the equation.
Step 1.1.1
Add to 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
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.2.3.1.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.3.1.1.2
Divide by .
Step 1.2.3.1.2
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 1.2.3.1.2.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 1.2.3.1.2.2
Divide by .
Step 2
Step 2.1
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 2.1.1
Subtract from .
Step 2.1.2
Add and .
Step 2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.1
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.2
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.3
Factor out of .
Step 2.2.4
Multiply by .
Step 2.3
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 2.3.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 2.3.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 2.3.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 2.3.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 2.3.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 2.3.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 2.3.3.1
Simplify the denominator.
Step 2.3.3.1.1
Write as a fraction with a common denominator.
Step 2.3.3.1.2
Combine the numerators over the common denominator.
Step 2.3.3.2
Multiply the numerator by the reciprocal of the denominator.
Step 2.3.3.3
Multiply .
Step 2.3.3.3.1
Combine and .
Step 2.3.3.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 2.4
The variable got canceled.
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Step 3
Step 3.1
Simplify .
Step 3.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.1.1
Simplify each term.
Step 3.1.1.1.1
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.1.1.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.1.1.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.1.2
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.1.2.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.1.2.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.1.1.2.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.1.1.3
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.1.3.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.1.3.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.1.4
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.1.1.5
Multiply .
Step 3.1.1.1.5.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.1.5.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.1.5.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.1.1.5.4
Add and .
Step 3.1.1.1.6
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.1.2
Apply the distributive property.
Step 3.1.1.3
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.1.1.3.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.1.1.3.2
Rewrite the expression.
Step 3.1.1.4
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.4.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.4.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.5
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.5.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.5.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.5.2.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.5.2.2
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.1.5.3
Add and .
Step 3.1.1.6
Multiply by by adding the exponents.
Step 3.1.1.6.1
Move .
Step 3.1.1.6.2
Multiply by .
Step 3.1.1.7
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.1.8
Multiply .
Step 3.1.1.8.1
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.8.2
Raise to the power of .
Step 3.1.1.8.3
Use the power rule to combine exponents.
Step 3.1.1.8.4
Add and .
Step 3.1.1.9
Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.
Step 3.1.2
Combine the opposite terms in .
Step 3.1.2.1
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.2.2
Add and .
Step 3.1.2.3
Subtract from .
Step 3.1.2.4
Add and .
Step 3.2
Divide each term in by and simplify.
Step 3.2.1
Divide each term in by .
Step 3.2.2
Simplify the left side.
Step 3.2.2.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.2.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.2.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.2.3
Simplify the right side.
Step 3.2.3.1
Cancel the common factor of .
Step 3.2.3.1.1
Cancel the common factor.
Step 3.2.3.1.2
Divide by .
Step 3.3
The variable got canceled.
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All real numbers