Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{30x^2+60x}{4x^2}}{\frac{6x^2+24x+24}{8x^3+16x^2}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{\frac{30x^2+60x}{4x^2}}{\frac{3x+6}{4x^2}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}10x\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Simplify $ \dfrac{6x^2+24x+24}{8x^3+16x^2} $ to $ \dfrac{3x+6}{4x^2} $. Factor both the denominator and the numerator, then cancel the common factor. $\color{blue}{2x+4}$. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{6x^2+24x+24}{8x^3+16x^2} & =\frac{ \left( 3x+6 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( 2x+4 \right) }}{ 4x^2 \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( 2x+4 \right) }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{3x+6}{4x^2} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{30x^2+60x}{4x^2} $ by $ \dfrac{3x+6}{4x^2} $ to get $ 10x$. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Cancel $ \color{red}{ 4x^2 } $ in first and second fraction. Step 3: Factor numerators and denominators. Step 4: Cancel common factors. Step 5: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 6: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{30x^2+60x}{4x^2} }{ \frac{\color{blue}{3x+6}}{\color{blue}{4x^2}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{30x^2+60x}{4x^2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{4x^2}}{\color{blue}{3x+6}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{30x^2+60x}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{\color{red}{1}}{3x+6} \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 10x \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( 3x+6 \right) } }{ 1 } \cdot \frac{ 1 }{ 1 \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( 3x+6 \right) } } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 10x }{ 1 } \cdot \frac{ 1 }{ 1 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 5}} \frac{ 10x \cdot 1 }{ 1 \cdot 1 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 6}} \frac{ 10x }{ 1 } =10x \end{aligned} $$ |