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| $$ \begin{aligned}18z^{11}-27 \cdot \frac{z^6}{9}z^4& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}18z^{11}-\frac{27z^6}{9}z^4 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}18z^{11}-\frac{27z^{10}}{9} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{162z^{11}-27z^{10}}{9}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $27$ by $ \dfrac{z^6}{9} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 27z^6 }{ 9 } $. Step 1: Write $ 27 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 27 \cdot \frac{z^6}{9} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{27}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{z^6}{9} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 27 \cdot z^6 }{ 1 \cdot 9 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 27z^6 }{ 9 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{27z^6}{9} $ by $ z^4 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 27z^{10} }{ 9 } $. Step 1: Write $ z^4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{27z^6}{9} \cdot z^4 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{27z^6}{9} \cdot \frac{z^4}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 27z^6 \cdot z^4 }{ 9 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 27z^{10} }{ 9 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{27z^{10}}{9} $ from $ 18z^{11} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 162z^{11}-27z^{10} } }{ 9 }$. Step 1: Write $ 18z^{11} $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |