Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}3x+2-\frac{7}{x}-4& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{3x^2+2x-7}{x}-4 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3x^2-2x-7}{x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{7}{x} $ from $ 3x+2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2+2x-7 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 3x+2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Subtract $4$ from $ \dfrac{3x^2+2x-7}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2-2x-7 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |