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| $$ \begin{aligned}3 \cdot \frac{m}{m+1}-2\frac{m}{m-5}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3m}{m+1}-\frac{2m}{m-5} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{m^2-17m}{m^2-4m-5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{m}{m+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3m }{ m+1 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{m}{m+1} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{m}{m+1} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot m }{ 1 \cdot \left( m+1 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3m }{ m+1 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{m}{m-5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2m }{ m-5 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{m}{m-5} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{m}{m-5} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot m }{ 1 \cdot \left( m-5 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2m }{ m-5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{2m}{m-5} $ from $ \dfrac{3m}{m+1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ m^2-17m } }{ m^2-4m-5 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |