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| $$ \begin{aligned}63x^2-36 \cdot \frac{x}{27}x^2-18x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(63-36 \cdot \frac{x}{27})x^2-18x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}(63-\frac{36x}{27})x^2-18x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-36x+1701}{27}x^2-18x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{-36x^3+1701x^2}{27}-18x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{-36x^3+1701x^2-486x}{27}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Use the distributive property. |
| ② | Multiply $36$ by $ \dfrac{x}{27} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 36x }{ 27 } $. Step 1: Write $ 36 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 36 \cdot \frac{x}{27} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{36}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{27} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 36 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 27 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 36x }{ 27 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{36x}{27} $ from $ 63 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -36x+1701 } }{ 27 }$. Step 1: Write $ 63 $ 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{-36x+1701}{27} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ -36x^3+1701x^2 }{ 27 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{-36x+1701}{27} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{-36x+1701}{27} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ \left( -36x+1701 \right) \cdot x^2 }{ 27 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ -36x^3+1701x^2 }{ 27 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑤ | Subtract $18x$ from $ \dfrac{-36x^3+1701x^2}{27} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -36x^3+1701x^2-486x } }{ 27 }$. Step 1: Write $ 18x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |