Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}1+x+x \cdot \frac{x-1}{2}\cdot(-2)+x(x-1)\frac{x-2}{6}\cdot12& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}1+x+x \cdot \frac{x-1}{2}\cdot(-2)+(x^2-x)\frac{x-2}{6}\cdot12 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}1+x+\frac{x^2-x}{2}\cdot(-2)+\frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6}\cdot12 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}1+x+\frac{-2x^2+2x}{2}+\frac{12x^3-36x^2+24x}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle7}{\textcircled {7}} } }}}\frac{-2x^2+4x+2}{2}+\frac{12x^3-36x^2+24x}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle8}{\textcircled {8}} } }}}\frac{12x^3-42x^2+36x+6}{6}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \color{blue}{x} $ by $ \left( x-1\right) $ $$ \color{blue}{x} \cdot \left( x-1\right) = x^2-x $$ |
| ② | Multiply $x$ by $ \dfrac{x-1}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ x^2-x }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} x \cdot \frac{x-1}{2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x-1}{2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ x \cdot \left( x-1 \right) }{ 1 \cdot 2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^2-x }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $x^2-x$ by $ \dfrac{x-2}{6} $ to get $ \dfrac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} $. Step 1: Write $ x^2-x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} x^2-x \cdot \frac{x-2}{6} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^2-x}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x-2}{6} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( x^2-x \right) \cdot \left( x-2 \right) }{ 1 \cdot 6 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^3-2x^2-x^2+2x }{ 6 } = \frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Multiply $ \dfrac{x^2-x}{2} $ by $ -2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ -2x^2+2x }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ -2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^2-x}{2} \cdot -2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^2-x}{2} \cdot \frac{-2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( x^2-x \right) \cdot \left( -2 \right) }{ 2 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ -2x^2+2x }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑤ | Multiply $ \dfrac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} $ by $ 12 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 12x^3-36x^2+24x }{ 6 } $. Step 1: Write $ 12 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} \cdot 12 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} \cdot \frac{12}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( x^3-3x^2+2x \right) \cdot 12 }{ 6 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 12x^3-36x^2+24x }{ 6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑥ | Add $1+x$ and $ \dfrac{-2x^2+2x}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2x^2+4x+2 } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 1+x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑦ | Multiply $ \dfrac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} $ by $ 12 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 12x^3-36x^2+24x }{ 6 } $. Step 1: Write $ 12 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} \cdot 12 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^3-3x^2+2x}{6} \cdot \frac{12}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( x^3-3x^2+2x \right) \cdot 12 }{ 6 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 12x^3-36x^2+24x }{ 6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑧ | Add $ \dfrac{-2x^2+4x+2}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{12x^3-36x^2+24x}{6} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 12x^3-42x^2+36x+6 } }{ 6 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |