Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{9}{8+x}-\frac{9}{8}}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{-\frac{9x}{8x+64}}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-\frac{9x}{8x^2+64x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{9}{8} $ from $ \dfrac{9}{8+x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -9x } }{ 8x+64 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{-9x}{8x+64} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ -9x }{ 8x^2+64x } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{-9x}{8x+64} }{x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{-9x}{8x+64} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{x}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( -9x \right) \cdot 1 }{ \left( 8x+64 \right) \cdot x } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ -9x }{ 8x^2+64x } \end{aligned} $$ |