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| $$ \begin{aligned}-2 \cdot \frac{i}{7}+7+9\frac{i}{2}+2-9\frac{i}{14}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}-\frac{2i}{7}+7+\frac{9i}{2}+2-\frac{9i}{14} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} } }}}\frac{-2i+49}{7}+\frac{9i}{2}+2-\frac{9i}{14} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle7}{\textcircled {7}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle8}{\textcircled {8}} } }}}\frac{59i+98}{14}+2-\frac{9i}{14} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle9}{\textcircled {9}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle10}{\textcircled {10}} } }}}\frac{59i+126}{14}-\frac{9i}{14} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle11}{\textcircled {11}} } }}}\frac{50i+126}{14}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{i}{7} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2i }{ 7 } $. Step 1: Write $ 2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{i}{7} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{7} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 7 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2i }{ 7 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 2 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{14} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 14 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{14} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{14} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 14 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 14 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{-2i}{7} $ and $ 7 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2i+49 } }{ 7 }$. Step 1: Write $ 7 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑤ | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 2 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑥ | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{14} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 14 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{14} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{14} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 14 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 14 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑦ | Add $ \dfrac{-2i+49}{7} $ and $ \dfrac{9i}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 59i+98 } }{ 14 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑧ | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{14} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 14 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{14} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{14} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 14 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 14 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑨ | Add $ \dfrac{59i+98}{14} $ and $ 2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 59i+126 } }{ 14 }$. Step 1: Write $ 2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑩ | Multiply $9$ by $ \dfrac{i}{14} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 9i }{ 14 } $. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 9 \cdot \frac{i}{14} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{9}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{i}{14} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 9 \cdot i }{ 1 \cdot 14 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 9i }{ 14 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑪ | Subtract $ \dfrac{9i}{14} $ from $ \dfrac{59i+126}{14} $ to get $ \dfrac{50i+126}{14} $. To subtract expressions with the same denominators, we subtract the numerators and write the result over the common denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{59i+126}{14} - \frac{9i}{14} & = \frac{59i+126}{\color{blue}{14}} - \frac{9i}{\color{blue}{14}} =\frac{ 59i+126 - 9i }{ \color{blue}{ 14 }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{50i+126}{14} \end{aligned} $$ |