Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{10x^3y^4}{15x}+3x\frac{y}{6y^4}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{10x^3y^4}{15x}+\frac{3xy}{6y^4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{60x^3y^8+45x^2y}{90xy^4}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $3x$ by $ \dfrac{y}{6y^4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3xy }{ 6y^4 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3x \cdot \frac{y}{6y^4} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3x}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{y}{6y^4} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3x \cdot y }{ 1 \cdot 6y^4 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3xy }{ 6y^4 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{10x^3y^4}{15x} $ and $ \dfrac{3xy}{6y^4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 60x^3y^8+45x^2y } }{ 90xy^4 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |