Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}4 \cdot \frac{x}{\frac{3}{4}-\frac{4}{x^2}}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}4 \cdot \frac{x}{\frac{3x^2-16}{4x^2}} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}4 \cdot \frac{4x^3}{3x^2-16} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{16x^3}{3x^2-16}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{4}{x^2} $ from $ \dfrac{3}{4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2-16 } }{ 4x^2 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Divide $x$ by $ \dfrac{3x^2-16}{4x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 4x^3 }{ 3x^2-16 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{x}{ \frac{\color{blue}{3x^2-16}}{\color{blue}{4x^2}} } & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} x \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{4x^2}}{\color{blue}{3x^2-16}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{4x^2}{3x^2-16} \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x \cdot 4x^2 }{ 1 \cdot \left( 3x^2-16 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 4x^3 }{ 3x^2-16 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Multiply $4$ by $ \dfrac{4x^3}{3x^2-16} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 16x^3 }{ 3x^2-16 } $. Step 1: Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 4 \cdot \frac{4x^3}{3x^2-16} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{4}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{4x^3}{3x^2-16} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 4 \cdot 4x^3 }{ 1 \cdot \left( 3x^2-16 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 16x^3 }{ 3x^2-16 } \end{aligned} $$ |