Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{5}{2x^2+10x}-8\frac{x}{3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5}{2x^2+10x}-\frac{8x}{3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-16x^3-80x^2+15}{6x^2+30x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $8$ by $ \dfrac{x}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 8x }{ 3 } $. Step 1: Write $ 8 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 8 \cdot \frac{x}{3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{8}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 8 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 3 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 8x }{ 3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{8x}{3} $ from $ \dfrac{5}{2x^2+10x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -16x^3-80x^2+15 } }{ 6x^2+30x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |