Solution
Solution
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Solution steps
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Divide the numbers:
Simplify
Apply the fraction rule:
Cancel the common factor:
Factor out from
Use the following identity:
Multiply both sides by
Multiply both sides by -1 (reverse the inequality)
Simplify
For , if then
If then
Switch sides
Move to the right side
Subtract from both sides
Simplify
Multiply both sides by
Multiply both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Multiply fractions:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Multiply the numbers:
Multiply
Multiply fractions:
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Group like terms
Cancel the common factor:
Cancel
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Apply the fraction rule:
Multiply the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Group like terms
Simplify
Least Common Multiplier of
Lowest Common Multiplier (LCM)
Least Common Multiplier of
Least Common Multiplier (LCM)
Prime factorization of
is a prime number, therefore no factorization is possible
Prime factorization of
divides by
Prime factorization of
is a prime number, therefore no factorization is possible
Compute a number comprised of factors that appear in at least one of the following:
Multiply the numbers:
Compute an expression comprised of factors that appear in at least one of the factored expressions
Adjust Fractions based on the LCM
Multiply each numerator by the same amount needed to multiply its
corresponding denominator to turn it into the LCM
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:
Add similar elements:
Move to the right side
Subtract from both sides
Simplify
Multiply both sides by
Multiply both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Multiply fractions:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Multiply the numbers:
Multiply
Multiply fractions:
Divide both sides by
Divide both sides by
Simplify
Simplify
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Group like terms
Cancel
Divide the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Apply the fraction rule:
Multiply the numbers:
Cancel the common factor:
Simplify
Least Common Multiplier of
Lowest Common Multiplier (LCM)
Least Common Multiplier of
Least Common Multiplier (LCM)
Prime factorization of
divides by
Prime factorization of
is a prime number, therefore no factorization is possible
Multiply each factor the greatest number of times it occurs in either or
Multiply the numbers:
Compute an expression comprised of factors that appear either in or
Adjust Fractions based on the LCM
Multiply each numerator by the same amount needed to multiply its
corresponding denominator to turn it into the LCM
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
For multiply the denominator and numerator by
Since the denominators are equal, combine the fractions:
Combine the intervals
Merge Overlapping Intervals