Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}5x^2-15 \cdot \frac{x}{10}x^2& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(5-15 \cdot \frac{x}{10})x^2 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}(5-\frac{15x}{10})x^2 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-15x+50}{10}x^2 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{-15x^3+50x^2}{10}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Use the distributive property. |
| ② | Multiply $15$ by $ \dfrac{x}{10} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 15x }{ 10 } $. Step 1: Write $ 15 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 15 \cdot \frac{x}{10} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{15}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{10} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 15 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 10 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 15x }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{15x}{10} $ from $ 5 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -15x+50 } }{ 10 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Multiply $ \dfrac{-15x+50}{10} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ -15x^3+50x^2 }{ 10 } $. Step 1: Write $ x^2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{-15x+50}{10} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{-15x+50}{10} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( -15x+50 \right) \cdot x^2 }{ 10 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ -15x^3+50x^2 }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |