Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}20 \cdot \frac{x^3}{5}x+10& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{20x^3}{5}x+10 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{20x^4}{5}+10 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{20x^4+50}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $20$ by $ \dfrac{x^3}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 20x^3 }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ 20 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 20 \cdot \frac{x^3}{5} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{20}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^3}{5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 20 \cdot x^3 }{ 1 \cdot 5 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 20x^3 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{20x^3}{5} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ 20x^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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{20x^3}{5} \cdot x & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{20x^3}{5} \cdot \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 20x^3 \cdot x }{ 5 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 20x^4 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{20x^4}{5} $ and $ 10 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 20x^4+50 } }{ 5 }$. Step 1: Write $ 10 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |