Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}7 \cdot \frac{x}{3}x^2-\frac{2}{x}+4& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{7x}{3}x^2-\frac{2}{x}+4 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{7x^3}{3}-\frac{2}{x}+4 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{7x^4-6}{3x}+4 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{7x^4+12x-6}{3x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $7$ by $ \dfrac{x}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 7x }{ 3 } $. Step 1: Write $ 7 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 7 \cdot \frac{x}{3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{7}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x}{3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 7 \cdot x }{ 1 \cdot 3 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 7x }{ 3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{7x}{3} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 7x^3 }{ 3 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{7x}{3} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{7x}{3} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 7x \cdot x^2 }{ 3 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 7x^3 }{ 3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{2}{x} $ from $ \dfrac{7x^3}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 7x^4-6 } }{ 3x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Add $ \dfrac{7x^4-6}{3x} $ and $ 4 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 7x^4+12x-6 } }{ 3x }$. Step 1: Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |