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