Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}3xy+\frac{x^2}{2}x^2+5x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}3xy+\frac{x^4}{2}+5x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{x^4+6xy}{2}+5x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{x^4+6xy+10x}{2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{x^2}{2} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ x^4 }{ 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x^2}{2} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^2}{2} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ x^2 \cdot x^2 }{ 2 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^4 }{ 2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $3xy$ and $ \dfrac{x^4}{2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^4+6xy } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 3xy $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{x^4+6xy}{2} $ and $ 5x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^4+6xy+10x } }{ 2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |