Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}2 \cdot \frac{x}{3-x}-\frac{1}{5(x+2)}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{2x}{-x+3}-\frac{1}{5x+10} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{10x^2+21x-3}{-5x^2+5x+30}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{x}{3-x} $ to get $ \dfrac{2x}{-x+3} $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{x}{3-x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{3-x} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( 3-x \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2x }{ 3-x } = \frac{2x}{-x+3} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \color{blue}{5} $ by $ \left( x+2\right) $ $$ \color{blue}{5} \cdot \left( x+2\right) = 5x+10 $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{5x+10} $ from $ \dfrac{2x}{-x+3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 10x^2+21x-3 } }{ -5x^2+5x+30 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |