Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}5 \cdot \frac{x}{4x^3}-2\frac{x}{4x+6}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5x}{4x^3}-\frac{2x}{4x+6} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-8x^4+20x^2+30x}{16x^4+24x^3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{-4x^3+10x+15}{8x^3+12x^2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{x}{4x^3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x }{ 4x^3 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{x}{4x^3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{4x^3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 4x^3 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x }{ 4x^3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $2$ by $ \dfrac{x}{4x+6} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 2x }{ 4x+6 } $. Step 1: Write $ 2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 2 \cdot \frac{x}{4x+6} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{4x+6} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 2 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( 4x+6 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 2x }{ 4x+6 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{2x}{4x+6} $ from $ \dfrac{5x}{4x^3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -8x^4+20x^2+30x } }{ 16x^4+24x^3 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |