Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{10x^3y^4}{15x}\cdot3x\frac{y}{6y^4}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{30x^3y^4}{15x}x\frac{y}{6y^4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{30x^4y^4}{15x}\frac{y}{6y^4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{30x^4y^5}{90xy^4}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{10x^3y^4}{15x} $ by $ 3 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 30x^3y^4 }{ 15x } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{10x^3y^4}{15x} \cdot 3 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{10x^3y^4}{15x} \cdot \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 10x^3y^4 \cdot 3 }{ 15x \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 30x^3y^4 }{ 15x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{30x^3y^4}{15x} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ 30x^4y^4 }{ 15x } $. Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{30x^3y^4}{15x} \cdot x & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{30x^3y^4}{15x} \cdot \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 30x^3y^4 \cdot x }{ 15x \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 30x^4y^4 }{ 15x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{30x^4y^4}{15x} $ by $ \dfrac{y}{6y^4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 30x^4y^5 }{ 90xy^4 } $. Step 1: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 2: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{30x^4y^4}{15x} \cdot \frac{y}{6y^4} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ 30x^4y^4 \cdot y }{ 15x \cdot 6y^4 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 30x^4y^5 }{ 90xy^4 } \end{aligned} $$ |