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