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| $$ \begin{aligned}5 \cdot \frac{x}{x-3}-\frac{1}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5x}{x-3}-\frac{1}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5x^2-x+3}{x^2-3x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{x}{x-3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x }{ x-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. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{x}{x-3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{x-3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( x-3 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x }{ x-3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{1}{x} $ from $ \dfrac{5x}{x-3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 5x^2-x+3 } }{ x^2-3x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |