Simplify (3x-6)/(4-9x^2)-1/(3x-2)+1/(3x+2)

$\frac{3 x - 6}{4 - 9 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Step 1

Simplify each term.

Factor $3$ out of $3 x - 6$ .

Factor $3$ out of $3 x$ .

$\frac{3 (x) - 6}{4 - 9 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Factor $3$ out of $- 6$ .

$\frac{3 x + 3 \cdot - 2}{4 - 9 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Factor $3$ out of $3 x + 3 \cdot - 2$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{4 - 9 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Simplify the denominator.

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{2^{2} - 9 x^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Rewrite $9 x^{2}$ as ${(3 x)}^{2}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{2^{2} - {(3 x)}^{2}} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = 2$ and $b = 3 x$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - (3 x))} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Multiply $3$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x)} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Step 2

Find the common denominator.

Multiply $\frac{3 (x - 2)}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x)}$ by $\frac{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2)}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x)} \cdot \frac{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Multiply $\frac{3 (x - 2)}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x)}$ by $\frac{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))} - \frac{1}{3 x - 2} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{3 x - 2}$ by $\frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))} - (\frac{1}{3 x - 2} \cdot \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}) + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{3 x - 2}$ by $\frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{3 x + 2}$ by $\frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{1}{3 x + 2} \cdot \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $\frac{1}{3 x + 2}$ by $\frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder the factors of $(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(2 + 3 x) (2 - 3 x) (3 x + 2) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder terms.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{(3 x + 2) (2 - 3 x) (3 x + 2) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x + 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{1} (3 x + 2) (2 - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x + 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{1} {(3 x + 2)}^{1} (2 - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{1 + 1} (2 - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Rewrite $2$ as $- 1 (- 2)$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2) - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 3 x$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2) - (3 x)) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 1 (- 2) - (3 x)$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2 + 3 x)) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder terms.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 (3 x - 2) (3 x - 2)} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 ({(3 x - 2)}^{1} (3 x - 2))} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 ({(3 x - 2)}^{1} {(3 x - 2)}^{1})} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{1 + 1}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder the factors of $(3 x - 2) ({(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x))$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Rewrite $2$ as $- 1 (- 2)$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2) - 3 x) (3 x - 2)} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 3 x$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2) - (3 x)) (3 x - 2)} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Factor $- 1$ out of $- 1 (- 2) - (3 x)$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (- 1 (- 2 + 3 x)) (3 x - 2)} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder terms.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 (3 x - 2) (3 x - 2)} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 ({(3 x - 2)}^{1} (3 x - 2))} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 ({(3 x - 2)}^{1} {(3 x - 2)}^{1})} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{1 + 1}} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2))}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} - \frac{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x)}{{(3 x + 2)}^{2} \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}} + \frac{(2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})}$

Reorder the factors of $(3 x + 2) ((2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2})$ .

Reorder terms.

Raise $3 x + 2$ to the power of $1$ .

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

Add $1$ and $1$ .

Step 3

Simplify terms.

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$\frac{3 (x - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(3 x + 3 \cdot - 2) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) ((3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x + 2) - 2 (3 x + 2)) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot 2 - 2 (3 x + 2)) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Combine the opposite terms in $3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot 2$ .

Reorder the factors in the terms $3 x \cdot 2$ and $- 2 (3 x)$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x) + 2 \cdot 3 x - 2 \cdot 3 x - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Subtract $2 \cdot 3 x$ from $2 \cdot 3 x$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x) + 0 - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $3 x (3 x)$ and $0$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 x (3 x) - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 \cdot 3 x \cdot x - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 \cdot 3 (x \cdot x) - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (3 \cdot 3 x^{2} - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (9 x^{2} - 2 \cdot 2) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 6) (9 x^{2} - 4) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(3 x - 6) (9 x^{2} - 4)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{3 x (9 x^{2} - 4) - 6 (9 x^{2} - 4) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{3 x (9 x^{2}) + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2} - 4) - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{3 x (9 x^{2}) + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{3 \cdot 9 x \cdot x^{2} + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x^{2}$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot 9 (x^{2} x) + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot 9 (x^{2} x^{1}) + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{3 \cdot 9 x^{2 + 1} + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$\frac{3 \cdot 9 x^{3} + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $9$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} + 3 x \cdot - 4 - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 6 (9 x^{2}) - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $9$ by $- 6$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} - 6 \cdot - 4 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 6$ by $- 4$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - {(3 x + 2)}^{2} (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite ${(3 x + 2)}^{2}$ as $(3 x + 2) (3 x + 2)$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - ((3 x + 2) (3 x + 2)) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(3 x + 2) (3 x + 2)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 x (3 x + 2) + 2 (3 x + 2)) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x + 2)) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 \cdot 3 x \cdot x + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 \cdot 3 (x \cdot x) + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (3 \cdot 3 x^{2} + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (9 x^{2} + 3 x \cdot 2 + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (9 x^{2} + 6 x + 2 (3 x) + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (9 x^{2} + 6 x + 6 x + 2 \cdot 2) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $2$ by $2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (9 x^{2} + 6 x + 6 x + 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $6 x$ and $6 x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - (9 x^{2} + 12 x + 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + (- (9 x^{2}) - (12 x) - 1 \cdot 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify.

Multiply $9$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + (- 9 x^{2} - (12 x) - 1 \cdot 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $12$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + (- 9 x^{2} - 12 x - 1 \cdot 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $4$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + (- 9 x^{2} - 12 x - 4) (2 - 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(- 9 x^{2} - 12 x - 4) (2 - 3 x)$ by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 9 x^{2} \cdot 2 - 9 x^{2} (- 3 x) - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Multiply $2$ by $- 9$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 x^{2} (- 3 x) - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 \cdot - 3 x^{2} x - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 \cdot - 3 (x \cdot x^{2}) - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x^{2}$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 \cdot - 3 (x^{1} x^{2}) - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 \cdot - 3 x^{1 + 2} - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $1$ and $2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} - 9 \cdot - 3 x^{3} - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 9$ by $- 3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x \cdot 2 - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $2$ by $- 12$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x - 12 x (- 3 x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x - 12 \cdot - 3 x \cdot x - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x - 12 \cdot - 3 (x \cdot x) - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x - 12 \cdot - 3 x^{2} - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 12$ by $- 3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x + 36 x^{2} - 4 \cdot 2 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 4$ by $2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x + 36 x^{2} - 8 - 4 (- 3 x) + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 3$ by $- 4$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 - 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x + 36 x^{2} - 8 + 12 x + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 18 x^{2}$ and $36 x^{2}$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 24 x - 8 + 12 x + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 24 x$ and $12 x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (2 + 3 x) \cdot - 1 {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (2 \cdot - 1 + 3 x \cdot - 1) {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $2$ by $- 1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 + 3 x \cdot - 1) {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite ${(3 x - 2)}^{2}$ as $(3 x - 2) (3 x - 2)$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) ((3 x - 2) (3 x - 2))}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(3 x - 2) (3 x - 2)$ using the FOIL Method.

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 x (3 x - 2) - 2 (3 x - 2))}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x - 2))}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Apply the distributive property.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 x (3 x) + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify and combine like terms.

Simplify each term.

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 \cdot 3 x \cdot x + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 \cdot 3 (x \cdot x) + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (3 \cdot 3 x^{2} + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} + 3 x \cdot - 2 - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 2$ by $3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} - 6 x - 2 (3 x) - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $3$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} - 6 x - 6 x - 2 \cdot - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 2$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} - 6 x - 6 x + 4)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Subtract $6 x$ from $- 6 x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + (- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} - 12 x + 4)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Expand $(- 2 - 3 x) (9 x^{2} - 12 x + 4)$ by multiplying each term in the first expression by each term in the second expression.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 2 (9 x^{2}) - 2 (- 12 x) - 2 \cdot 4 - 3 x (9 x^{2}) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify each term.

Multiply $9$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} - 2 (- 12 x) - 2 \cdot 4 - 3 x (9 x^{2}) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 12$ by $- 2$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 2 \cdot 4 - 3 x (9 x^{2}) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 2$ by $4$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 x (9 x^{2}) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 \cdot 9 x \cdot x^{2} - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x^{2}$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x^{2}$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 \cdot 9 (x^{2} x) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x^{2}$ by $x$ .

Raise $x$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 \cdot 9 (x^{2} x^{1}) - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 \cdot 9 x^{2 + 1} - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $2$ and $1$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 3 \cdot 9 x^{3} - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 3$ by $9$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} - 3 x (- 12 x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite using the commutative property of multiplication.

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} - 3 \cdot - 12 x \cdot x - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ by adding the exponents.

Move $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} - 3 \cdot - 12 (x \cdot x) - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $x$ by $x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} - 3 \cdot - 12 x^{2} - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 3$ by $- 12$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} + 36 x^{2} - 3 x \cdot 4}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Multiply $4$ by $- 3$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} + 36 x^{2} - 12 x}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 18 x^{2}$ and $36 x^{2}$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} + 24 x - 8 - 27 x^{3} - 12 x}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Subtract $12 x$ from $24 x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} + 12 x - 8 - 27 x^{3}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify by adding terms.

Combine the opposite terms in $27 x^{3} - 12 x - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} + 12 x - 8 - 27 x^{3}$ .

Add $- 12 x$ and $12 x$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} + 0 - 8 - 27 x^{3}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $27 x^{3} - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2}$ and $0$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} - 8 - 27 x^{3}}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Subtract $27 x^{3}$ from $27 x^{3}$ .

$\frac{- 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} - 8 + 0}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} - 8$ and $0$ .

$\frac{- 54 x^{2} + 24 + 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} - 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 54 x^{2}$ and $18 x^{2}$ .

$\frac{- 36 x^{2} + 24 + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 + 18 x^{2} - 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $- 36 x^{2}$ and $18 x^{2}$ .

$\frac{- 18 x^{2} + 24 + 27 x^{3} - 12 x - 8 - 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Simplify the expression.

Subtract $8$ from $24$ .

$\frac{- 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x + 16 - 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Subtract $8$ from $16$ .

$\frac{- 18 x^{2} + 27 x^{3} - 12 x + 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Reorder $- 18 x^{2}$ and $27 x^{3}$ .

$\frac{27 x^{3} - 18 x^{2} - 12 x + 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Step 4

Simplify the numerator.

Factor out the greatest common factor from each group.

Group the first two terms and the last two terms.

$\frac{(27 x^{3} - 18 x^{2}) - 12 x + 8}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Factor out the greatest common factor (GCF) from each group.

$\frac{9 x^{2} (3 x - 2) - 4 (3 x - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Factor the polynomial by factoring out the greatest common factor, $3 x - 2$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 2) (9 x^{2} - 4)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite $9 x^{2}$ as ${(3 x)}^{2}$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x)}^{2} - 4)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 2) ({(3 x)}^{2} - 2^{2})}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Since both terms are perfect squares, factor using the difference of squares formula, $a^{2} - b^{2} = (a + b) (a - b)$ where $a = 3 x$ and $b = 2$ .

$\frac{(3 x - 2) (3 x + 2) (3 x - 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Combine exponents.

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{{(3 x - 2)}^{1} (3 x - 2) (3 x + 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Raise $3 x - 2$ to the power of $1$ .

$\frac{{(3 x - 2)}^{1} {(3 x - 2)}^{1} (3 x + 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$\frac{{(3 x - 2)}^{1 + 1} (3 x + 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\frac{{(3 x - 2)}^{2} (3 x + 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Step 5

Reduce the expression by cancelling the common factors.

Cancel the common factor of ${(3 x - 2)}^{2}$ .

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{{(3 x - 2)}^{2} (3 x + 2)}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2} {(3 x - 2)}^{2}}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{3 x + 2}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2}}$

Cancel the common factor of $3 x + 2$ and ${(3 x + 2)}^{2}$ .

Multiply by $1$ .

$\frac{(3 x + 2) \cdot 1}{- {(3 x + 2)}^{2}}$

Cancel the common factors.

Factor $3 x + 2$ out of $- {(3 x + 2)}^{2}$ .

$\frac{(3 x + 2) \cdot 1}{(3 x + 2) (- (3 x + 2))}$

Cancel the common factor.

$\frac{(3 x + 2) \cdot 1}{(3 x + 2) (- (3 x + 2))}$

Rewrite the expression.

$\frac{1}{- (3 x + 2)}$

Cancel the common factor of $1$ and $- 1$ .

Rewrite $1$ as $- 1 (- 1)$ .

$\frac{- 1 (- 1)}{- (3 x + 2)}$

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$- \frac{1}{3 x + 2}$

Simplify (3x-6)/(4-9x^2)-1/(3x-2)+1/(3x+2)

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