$$20x^2y^4 \cdot \dfrac{u}{5}xy^3=\dfrac{20ux^3y^7}{5}$$
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| $$ \begin{aligned}20x^2y^4\frac{u}{5}xy^3& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{20ux^2y^4}{5}xy^3 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{20ux^3y^4}{5}y^3 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{20ux^3y^7}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $20x^2y^4$ by $ \dfrac{u}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 20ux^2y^4 }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ 20x^2y^4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 20x^2y^4 \cdot \frac{u}{5} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{20x^2y^4}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{u}{5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 20x^2y^4 \cdot u }{ 1 \cdot 5 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 20ux^2y^4 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{20ux^2y^4}{5} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ 20ux^3y^4 }{ 5 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{20ux^2y^4}{5} \cdot x & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{20ux^2y^4}{5} \cdot \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 20ux^2y^4 \cdot x }{ 5 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 20ux^3y^4 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{20ux^3y^4}{5} $ by $ y^3 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 20ux^3y^7 }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ y^3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{20ux^3y^4}{5} \cdot y^3 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{20ux^3y^4}{5} \cdot \frac{y^3}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 20ux^3y^4 \cdot y^3 }{ 5 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 20ux^3y^7 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |