Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}-\frac{3}{y+\frac{5}{x}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3}{\frac{xy+5}{x}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3x}{xy+5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Add $y$ and $ \dfrac{5}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ xy+5 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ y $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Divide $3$ by $ \dfrac{xy+5}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x }{ xy+5 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{3}{ \frac{\color{blue}{xy+5}}{\color{blue}{x}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} 3 \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{x}}{\color{blue}{xy+5}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{xy+5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( xy+5 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 3x }{ xy+5 } \end{aligned} $$ |