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| $$ \begin{aligned}5 \cdot \frac{x^3}{10}x^2+5x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{5x^3}{10}x^2+5x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{5x^5}{10}+5x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{5x^5+50x}{10}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $5$ by $ \dfrac{x^3}{10} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x^3 }{ 10 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 5 \cdot \frac{x^3}{10} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^3}{10} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5 \cdot x^3 }{ 1 \cdot 10 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x^3 }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{5x^3}{10} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 5x^5 }{ 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{5x^3}{10} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{5x^3}{10} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 5x^3 \cdot x^2 }{ 10 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 5x^5 }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{5x^5}{10} $ and $ 5x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 5x^5+50x } }{ 10 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |