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| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{3}(x-1)^3+\frac{1}{2}(x-1)^2+\frac{1}{6}(x-1)& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{1}{3}(x^3-3x^2+3x-1)+\frac{1}{2}(x^2-2x+1)+\frac{1}{6}(x-1) \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{x^3-3x^2+3x-1}{3}+\frac{x^2-2x+1}{2}+\frac{x-1}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} } }}}\frac{2x^3-3x^2+1}{6}+\frac{x-1}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle7}{\textcircled {7}} } }}}\frac{2x^3-3x^2+x}{6}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Find $ \left(x-1\right)^3 $ using formula $$ (A - B) = A^3 - 3A^2B + 3AB^2 - B^3 $$where $ A = x $ and $ B = 1 $. $$ \left(x-1\right)^3 = x^3-3 \cdot x^2 \cdot 1 + 3 \cdot x \cdot 1^2-1^3 = x^3-3x^2+3x-1 $$Find $ \left(x-1\right)^2 $ using formula. $$ (A - B)^2 = \color{blue}{A^2} - 2 \cdot A \cdot B + \color{red}{B^2} $$where $ A = \color{blue}{ x } $ and $ B = \color{red}{ 1 }$. $$ \begin{aligned}\left(x-1\right)^2 = \color{blue}{x^2} -2 \cdot x \cdot 1 + \color{red}{1^2} = x^2-2x+1\end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{1}{3} $ by $ x^3-3x^2+3x-1 $ to get $ \dfrac{ x^3-3x^2+3x-1 }{ 3 } $. Step 1: Write $ x^3-3x^2+3x-1 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{3} \cdot x^3-3x^2+3x-1 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{3} \cdot \frac{x^3-3x^2+3x-1}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot \left( x^3-3x^2+3x-1 \right) }{ 3 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^3-3x^2+3x-1 }{ 3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{1}{2} $ by $ x^2-2x+1 $ to get $ \dfrac{ x^2-2x+1 }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ x^2-2x+1 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{2} \cdot x^2-2x+1 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{2} \cdot \frac{x^2-2x+1}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot \left( x^2-2x+1 \right) }{ 2 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^2-2x+1 }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Multiply $ \dfrac{1}{6} $ by $ x-1 $ to get $ \dfrac{ x-1 }{ 6 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{6} \cdot x-1 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{x-1}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot \left( x-1 \right) }{ 6 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x-1 }{ 6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑤ | Add $ \dfrac{x^3-3x^2+3x-1}{3} $ and $ \dfrac{x^2-2x+1}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 2x^3-3x^2+1 } }{ 6 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑥ | Multiply $ \dfrac{1}{6} $ by $ x-1 $ to get $ \dfrac{ x-1 }{ 6 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{6} \cdot x-1 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{6} \cdot \frac{x-1}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot \left( x-1 \right) }{ 6 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x-1 }{ 6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑦ | Add $ \dfrac{2x^3-3x^2+1}{6} $ and $ \dfrac{x-1}{6} $ to get $ \dfrac{2x^3-3x^2+x}{6} $. To add expressions with the same denominators, we add the numerators and write the result over the common denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{2x^3-3x^2+1}{6} + \frac{x-1}{6} & = \frac{2x^3-3x^2+1}{\color{blue}{6}} + \frac{x-1}{\color{blue}{6}} = \\[1ex] &=\frac{ 2x^3-3x^2+1 + \left( x-1 \right) }{ \color{blue}{ 6 }}= \frac{2x^3-3x^2+x}{6} \end{aligned} $$ |