Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{x^2+5x+4}+5\frac{x}{3x+3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{1}{x^2+5x+4}+\frac{5x}{3x+3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5x^2+20x+3}{3x^2+15x+12}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{x}{3x+3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x }{ 3x+3 } $. Step 1: Write $ 5 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{x}{3x+3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{3x+3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( 3x+3 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x }{ 3x+3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{1}{x^2+5x+4} $ and $ \dfrac{5x}{3x+3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 5x^2+20x+3 } }{ 3x^2+15x+12 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |