Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}5j-\frac{2}{5}j^2-2j& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}5j-\frac{2j^2}{5}-2j \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-2j^2+25j}{5}-2j \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-2j^2+15j}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $ \dfrac{2}{5} $ by $ j^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2j^2 }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ j^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{2}{5} \cdot j^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{5} \cdot \frac{j^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot j^2 }{ 5 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2j^2 }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{2j^2}{5} $ from $ 5j $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2j^2+25j } }{ 5 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5j $ 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 | Subtract $2j$ from $ \dfrac{-2j^2+25j}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2j^2+15j } }{ 5 }$. Step 1: Write $ 2j $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |