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