Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{3}{5}+\frac{x+5}{x^2}}{\frac{1}{2}+\frac{3}{x}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{\frac{3x^2+5x+25}{5x^2}}{\frac{x+6}{2x}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{6x^3+10x^2+50x}{5x^3+30x^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{6x^2+10x+50}{5x^2+30x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Add $ \dfrac{3}{5} $ and $ \dfrac{x+5}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2+5x+25 } }{ 5x^2 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{1}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{3}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x+6 } }{ 2x }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | Divide $ \dfrac{3x^2+5x+25}{5x^2} $ by $ \dfrac{x+6}{2x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 6x^3+10x^2+50x }{ 5x^3+30x^2 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{3x^2+5x+25}{5x^2} }{ \frac{\color{blue}{x+6}}{\color{blue}{2x}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3x^2+5x+25}{5x^2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{2x}}{\color{blue}{x+6}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( 3x^2+5x+25 \right) \cdot 2x }{ 5x^2 \cdot \left( x+6 \right) } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 6x^3+10x^2+50x }{ 5x^3+30x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |