Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{\frac{2}{u}}{u}}{4}+\frac{1}{u}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{\frac{2}{u^2}}{4}+\frac{1}{u} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{2}{4u^2}+\frac{1}{u} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{4u^2+2u}{4u^3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Divide $ \dfrac{2}{u} $ by $ u $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2 }{ u^2 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{2}{u} }{u} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{u} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{u}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot 1 }{ u \cdot u } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2 }{ u^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{2}{u^2} $ by $ 4 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2 }{ 4u^2 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{2}{u^2} }{4} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{u^2} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{4}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot 1 }{ u^2 \cdot 4 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2 }{ 4u^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{2}{4u^2} $ and $ \dfrac{1}{u} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 4u^2+2u } }{ 4u^3 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |