Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}5 \cdot \frac{a}{a-2}-4+\frac{2}{a}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5a}{a-2}-4+\frac{2}{a} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{a+8}{a-2}+\frac{2}{a} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{a^2+10a-4}{a^2-2a}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{a}{a-2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5a }{ a-2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 5 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{a}{a-2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{a}{a-2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot a }{ 1 \cdot \left( a-2 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5a }{ a-2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $4$ from $ \dfrac{5a}{a-2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ a+8 } }{ a-2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{a+8}{a-2} $ and $ \dfrac{2}{a} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ a^2+10a-4 } }{ a^2-2a }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |