Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{4z+12}{2}z+6& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{4z^2+12z}{2}+6 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{4z^2+12z+12}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{4z+12}{2} $ by $ z $ to get $ \dfrac{ 4z^2+12z }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ z $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{4z+12}{2} \cdot z & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{4z+12}{2} \cdot \frac{z}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( 4z+12 \right) \cdot z }{ 2 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 4z^2+12z }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{4z^2+12z}{2} $ and $ 6 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 4z^2+12z+12 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 6 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |