Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{(t-2)(t-1)}{2(2t+1)}+2\frac{t-1}{2t+1}+\frac{t+1}{2}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{t^2-t-2t+2}{4t+2}+\frac{2t-2}{2t+1}+\frac{t+1}{2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{t^2-3t+2}{4t+2}+\frac{2t-2}{2t+1}+\frac{t+1}{2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} } }}}\frac{t^2+t-2}{4t+2}+\frac{t+1}{2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle7}{\textcircled {7}} } }}}\frac{6t^2+8t-2}{8t+4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{3t^2+4t-1}{4t+2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply each term of $ \left( \color{blue}{t-2}\right) $ by each term in $ \left( t-1\right) $. $$ \left( \color{blue}{t-2}\right) \cdot \left( t-1\right) = t^2-t-2t+2 $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \color{blue}{2} $ by $ \left( 2t+1\right) $ $$ \color{blue}{2} \cdot \left( 2t+1\right) = 4t+2 $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{t-1}{2t+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2t-2 }{ 2t+1 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{t-1}{2t+1} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{t-1}{2t+1} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot \left( t-1 \right) }{ 1 \cdot \left( 2t+1 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2t-2 }{ 2t+1 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Combine like terms: $$ t^2 \color{blue}{-t} \color{blue}{-2t} +2 = t^2 \color{blue}{-3t} +2 $$ |
| ⑤ | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{t-1}{2t+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2t-2 }{ 2t+1 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{t-1}{2t+1} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{t-1}{2t+1} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot \left( t-1 \right) }{ 1 \cdot \left( 2t+1 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2t-2 }{ 2t+1 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑥ | Add $ \dfrac{t^2-3t+2}{4t+2} $ and $ \dfrac{2t-2}{2t+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ t^2+t-2 } }{ 4t+2 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑦ | Add $ \dfrac{t^2+t-2}{4t+2} $ and $ \dfrac{t+1}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 6t^2+8t-2 } }{ 8t+4 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |