Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{7}{10}m-\frac{1}{3}m+2m& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(\frac{7}{10}-\frac{1}{3})m+2m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{11}{30}m+2m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{11m}{30}+2m \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{71m}{30}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Use the distributive property. |
| ② | Combine like terms |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{11}{30} $ by $ m $ to get $ \dfrac{ 11m }{ 30 } $. Step 1: Write $ m $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{11}{30} \cdot m & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{11}{30} \cdot \frac{m}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 11 \cdot m }{ 30 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 11m }{ 30 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{11m}{30} $ and $ 2m $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 71m } }{ 30 }$. Step 1: Write $ 2m $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |