Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{1}{3y}+\frac{1}{x-7}}{\frac{1}{5x}+3\frac{y}{5x^2-35x}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{\frac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y}}{\frac{1}{5x}+\frac{3y}{5x^2-35x}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{\frac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y}}{\frac{5x^2+15xy-35x}{25x^3-175x^2}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{\frac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y}}{\frac{x+3y-7}{5x^2-35x}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{5x^2-35x}{3xy-21y}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Add $ \dfrac{1}{3y} $ and $ \dfrac{1}{x-7} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x+3y-7 } }{ 3xy-21y }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{y}{5x^2-35x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3y }{ 5x^2-35x } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{y}{5x^2-35x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{y}{5x^2-35x} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot y }{ 1 \cdot \left( 5x^2-35x \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3y }{ 5x^2-35x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{1}{3y} $ and $ \dfrac{1}{x-7} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x+3y-7 } }{ 3xy-21y }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{1}{5x} $ and $ \dfrac{3y}{5x^2-35x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 5x^2+15xy-35x } }{ 25x^3-175x^2 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑤ | Divide $ \dfrac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y} $ by $ \dfrac{x+3y-7}{5x^2-35x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x^2-35x }{ 3xy-21y } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Cancel $ \color{blue}{ x+3y-7 } $ in first and second fraction. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y} }{ \frac{\color{blue}{x+3y-7}}{\color{blue}{5x^2-35x}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x+3y-7}{3xy-21y} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{5x^2-35x}}{\color{blue}{x+3y-7}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{3xy-21y} \cdot \frac{5x^2-35x}{\color{blue}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 1 \cdot \left( 5x^2-35x \right) }{ \left( 3xy-21y \right) \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 5x^2-35x }{ 3xy-21y } \end{aligned} $$ |