Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{5}{r^5}+7\frac{r}{4}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5}{r^5}+\frac{7r}{4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{7r^6+20}{4r^5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $7$ by $ \dfrac{r}{4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 7r }{ 4 } $. Step 1: Write $ 7 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 7 \cdot \frac{r}{4} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{7}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{r}{4} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 7 \cdot r }{ 1 \cdot 4 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 7r }{ 4 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{5}{r^5} $ and $ \dfrac{7r}{4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 7r^6+20 } }{ 4r^5 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |