Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}2 \cdot \frac{m}{m+1}+\frac{6}{4m+12}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{2m}{m+1}+\frac{6}{4m+12} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{8m^2+30m+6}{4m^2+16m+12} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{4m^2+15m+3}{2m^2+8m+6}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{m}{m+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2m }{ m+1 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{m}{m+1} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{m}{m+1} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot m }{ 1 \cdot \left( m+1 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2m }{ m+1 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{2m}{m+1} $ and $ \dfrac{6}{4m+12} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 8m^2+30m+6 } }{ 4m^2+16m+12 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |