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