Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}(x-1)(x-\frac{1}{5})(x-\frac{1}{9})& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}(x-1)\frac{5x-1}{5}\frac{9x-1}{9} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{5x^2-6x+1}{5}\frac{9x-1}{9} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{45x^3-59x^2+15x-1}{45}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{5} $ from $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 5x-1 } }{ 5 }$. Step 1: Write $ x $ 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 | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{9} $ from $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 9x-1 } }{ 9 }$. Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | Multiply $x-1$ by $ \dfrac{5x-1}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{5x^2-6x+1}{5} $. Step 1: Write $ x-1 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} x-1 \cdot \frac{5x-1}{5} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x-1}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{5x-1}{5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( x-1 \right) \cdot \left( 5x-1 \right) }{ 1 \cdot 5 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x^2-x-5x+1 }{ 5 } = \frac{5x^2-6x+1}{5} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{9} $ from $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 9x-1 } }{ 9 }$. Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑤ | Multiply $ \dfrac{5x^2-6x+1}{5} $ by $ \dfrac{9x-1}{9} $ to get $ \dfrac{45x^3-59x^2+15x-1}{45} $. Step 1: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 2: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{5x^2-6x+1}{5} \cdot \frac{9x-1}{9} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ \left( 5x^2-6x+1 \right) \cdot \left( 9x-1 \right) }{ 5 \cdot 9 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 45x^3-5x^2-54x^2+6x+9x-1 }{ 45 } = \frac{45x^3-59x^2+15x-1}{45} \end{aligned} $$ |