Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{3x^2-6x-72}{5x^2-35x+30}\frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+9x+20}-\frac{x}{x^2-25}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3x+12}{5x-5}\frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+9x+20}-\frac{x}{x^2-25} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3x+6}{5x+25}-\frac{x}{x^2-25} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{3x^2-14x-30}{5x^2-125}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Simplify $ \dfrac{3x^2-6x-72}{5x^2-35x+30} $ to $ \dfrac{3x+12}{5x-5} $. Factor both the denominator and the numerator, then cancel the common factor. $\color{blue}{x-6}$. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{3x^2-6x-72}{5x^2-35x+30} & =\frac{ \left( 3x+12 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x-6 \right) }}{ \left( 5x-5 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x-6 \right) }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{3x+12}{5x-5} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{3x+12}{5x-5} $ by $ \dfrac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+9x+20} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x+6 }{ 5x+25 } $. Step 1: Factor numerators and denominators. Step 2: Cancel common factors. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{3x+12}{5x-5} \cdot \frac{x^2+x-2}{x^2+9x+20} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ 3 \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x+4 \right) } }{ 5 \cdot \color{red}{ \left( x-1 \right) } } \cdot \frac{ \left( x+2 \right) \cdot \color{red}{ \left( x-1 \right) } }{ \left( x+5 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( x+4 \right) } } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 }{ 5 } \cdot \frac{ x+2 }{ x+5 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3 \cdot \left( x+2 \right) }{ 5 \cdot \left( x+5 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 3x+6 }{ 5x+25 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{x}{x^2-25} $ from $ \dfrac{3x+6}{5x+25} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2-14x-30 } }{ 5x^2-125 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |