Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}3 \cdot \frac{x-1}{2}-2x^3+3+x^2+2x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3x-3}{2}-2x^3+3+x^2+2x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-4x^3+3x-3}{2}+3+x^2+2x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-4x^3+3x+3}{2}+x^2+2x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{-4x^3+2x^2+3x+3}{2}+2x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{-4x^3+2x^2+7x+3}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x-1}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x-3 }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x-1}{2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x-1}{2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot \left( x-1 \right) }{ 1 \cdot 2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x-3 }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $2x^3$ from $ \dfrac{3x-3}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -4x^3+3x-3 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 2x^3 $ 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 | Add $ \dfrac{-4x^3+3x-3}{2} $ and $ 3 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -4x^3+3x+3 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{-4x^3+3x+3}{2} $ and $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -4x^3+2x^2+3x+3 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ x^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑤ | Add $ \dfrac{-4x^3+2x^2+3x+3}{2} $ and $ 2x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -4x^3+2x^2+7x+3 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 2x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |