Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}10 \cdot \frac{x}{14x^2+6}+16\frac{x}{8x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{10x}{14x^2+6}+\frac{16x}{8x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{224x^3+80x^2+96x}{112x^3+48x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{14x^2+5x+6}{7x^2+3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $10$ by $ \dfrac{x}{14x^2+6} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 10x }{ 14x^2+6 } $. Step 1: Write $ 10 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 10 \cdot \frac{x}{14x^2+6} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{10}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{14x^2+6} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 10 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( 14x^2+6 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 10x }{ 14x^2+6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $16$ by $ \dfrac{x}{8x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 16x }{ 8x } $. Step 1: Write $ 16 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 16 \cdot \frac{x}{8x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{16}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{8x} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 16 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 8x } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 16x }{ 8x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{10x}{14x^2+6} $ and $ \dfrac{16x}{8x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 224x^3+80x^2+96x } }{ 112x^3+48x }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |