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