Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}6a-10 \cdot \frac{a}{10a+7}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}6a-\frac{10a}{10a+7} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{60a^2+32a}{10a+7}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $10$ by $ \dfrac{a}{10a+7} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 10a }{ 10a+7 } $. Step 1: Write $ 10 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 10 \cdot \frac{a}{10a+7} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{10}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{a}{10a+7} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 10 \cdot a }{ 1 \cdot \left( 10a+7 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 10a }{ 10a+7 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{10a}{10a+7} $ from $ 6a $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 60a^2+32a } }{ 10a+7 }$. Step 1: Write $ 6a $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |