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