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| $$ \begin{aligned}5 \cdot \frac{x}{x^2}-24x-25& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5x}{x^2}-24x-25 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-24x^3+5x}{x^2}-25 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-24x^3-25x^2+5x}{x^2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{x}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x }{ x^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. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{x}{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{x^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot x^2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x }{ x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $24x$ from $ \dfrac{5x}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -24x^3+5x } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 24x $ 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 $25$ from $ \dfrac{-24x^3+5x}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -24x^3-25x^2+5x } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 25 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |