Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}3 \cdot \frac{x}{5x}-\frac{10}{6x-5}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3x}{5x}-\frac{10}{6x-5} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{18x^2-65x}{30x^2-25x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{18x-65}{30x-25}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x}{5x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x }{ 5x } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x}{5x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{5x} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 5x } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x }{ 5x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{10}{6x-5} $ from $ \dfrac{3x}{5x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 18x^2-65x } }{ 30x^2-25x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |