Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{3}{2}x^2+\frac{5}{6}x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3x^2}{2}+\frac{5x}{6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{9x^2+5x}{6}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{3}{2} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x^2 }{ 2 } $. Step 1: Write $ x^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{3}{2} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{2} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x^2 }{ 2 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x^2 }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{5}{6} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x }{ 6 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{5}{6} \cdot x & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{6} \cdot \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x }{ 6 \cdot 1 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x }{ 6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{3x^2}{2} $ and $ \dfrac{5x}{6} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 9x^2+5x } }{ 6 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |