Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}6 \cdot \frac{x}{5x-1}-\frac{2}{x+3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{6x}{5x-1}-\frac{2}{x+3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{6x^2+8x+2}{5x^2+14x-3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $6$ by $ \dfrac{x}{5x-1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 6x }{ 5x-1 } $. Step 1: Write $ 6 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 6 \cdot \frac{x}{5x-1} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{6}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{5x-1} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 6 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot \left( 5x-1 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 6x }{ 5x-1 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{2}{x+3} $ from $ \dfrac{6x}{5x-1} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 6x^2+8x+2 } }{ 5x^2+14x-3 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |