Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{15j-2}{-\frac{3}{20}-30j}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{15j-2}{\frac{-600j-3}{20}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{300j-40}{-600j-3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $30j$ from $ \dfrac{-3}{20} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -600j-3 } }{ 20 }$. Step 1: Write $ 30j $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Divide $15j-2$ by $ \dfrac{-600j-3}{20} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 300j-40 }{ -600j-3 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Write $ 15j-2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{15j-2}{ \frac{\color{blue}{-600j-3}}{\color{blue}{20}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} 15j-2 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{20}}{\color{blue}{-600j-3}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{15j-2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{20}{-600j-3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ \left( 15j-2 \right) \cdot 20 }{ 1 \cdot \left( -600j-3 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 300j-40 }{ -600j-3 } \end{aligned} $$ |