Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{100}i+\frac{1}{9.9+99.01i}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{i}{100}+\frac{1}{9.9+99i} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{99i^2+9i+100}{9900i+900} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-99+9i+100}{9900i+900} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{9i+1}{9900i+900} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{50-i}{54900}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{1}{100} $ by $ i $ to get $ \dfrac{ i }{ 100 } $. Step 1: Write $ i $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{100} \cdot i & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{100} \cdot \frac{i}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot i }{ 100 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ i }{ 100 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{i}{100} $ and $ \dfrac{1}{9+99i} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 99i^2+9i+100 } }{ 9900i+900 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | $$ 99i^2 = 99 \cdot (-1) = -99 $$ |
| ④ | Simplify numerator $$ \color{blue}{-99} +9i+ \color{blue}{100} = 9i+ \color{blue}{1} $$ |
| ⑤ | Divide $ \, 1+9i \, $ by $ \, 900+9900i \, $ to get $\,\, \dfrac{50-i}{54900} $. ( view steps ) |