Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{2}{a}+\frac{b}{10}\cdot2\frac{a}{5}b& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{2}{a}+\frac{2b}{10}\frac{a}{5}b \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{2}{a}+\frac{2ab}{50}b \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{2}{a}+\frac{2ab^2}{50} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{2a^2b^2+100}{50a}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{b}{10} $ by $ 2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2b }{ 10 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{b}{10} \cdot 2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{b}{10} \cdot \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ b \cdot 2 }{ 10 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2b }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{2b}{10} $ by $ \dfrac{a}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2ab }{ 50 } $. Step 1: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 2: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{2b}{10} \cdot \frac{a}{5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ 2b \cdot a }{ 10 \cdot 5 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2ab }{ 50 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{2ab}{50} $ by $ b $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2ab^2 }{ 50 } $. Step 1: Write $ b $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{2ab}{50} \cdot b & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2ab}{50} \cdot \frac{b}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2ab \cdot b }{ 50 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2ab^2 }{ 50 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{2}{a} $ and $ \dfrac{2ab^2}{50} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 2a^2b^2+100 } }{ 50a }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |