| $$ \begin{aligned}2 \cdot \frac{x}{3x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{2x}{3x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{x}{3x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2x }{ 3x } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{x}{3x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{3x} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 3x } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2x }{ 3x } \end{aligned} $$ |