Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}ab^2\frac{a^2+a-2}{2b^2(a^2-a)}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}ab^2\frac{a^2+a-2}{2a^2b^2-2ab^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{a^3b^2+a^2b^2-2ab^2}{2a^2b^2-2ab^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{a^2b^2+ab^2-2b^2}{2ab^2-2b^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{a^2+a-2}{2a-2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{a+2}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \color{blue}{2b^2} $ by $ \left( a^2-a\right) $ $$ \color{blue}{2b^2} \cdot \left( a^2-a\right) = 2a^2b^2-2ab^2 $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ab^2$ by $ \dfrac{a^2+a-2}{2a^2b^2-2ab^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ a^3b^2+a^2b^2-2ab^2 }{ 2a^2b^2-2ab^2 } $. Step 1: Write $ ab^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} ab^2 \cdot \frac{a^2+a-2}{2a^2b^2-2ab^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ab^2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{a^2+a-2}{2a^2b^2-2ab^2} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ ab^2 \cdot \left( a^2+a-2 \right) }{ 1 \cdot \left( 2a^2b^2-2ab^2 \right) } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ a^3b^2+a^2b^2-2ab^2 }{ 2a^2b^2-2ab^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Simplify $ \dfrac{a^2+a-2}{2a-2} $ to $ \dfrac{a+2}{2} $. Factor both the denominator and the numerator, then cancel the common factor. $\color{blue}{a-1}$. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{a^2+a-2}{2a-2} & =\frac{ \left( a+2 \right) \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( a-1 \right) }}{ 2 \cdot \color{blue}{ \left( a-1 \right) }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{a+2}{2} \end{aligned} $$ |