Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}7x-3-x^2\frac{y^5}{3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}7x-3-\frac{x^2y^5}{3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-x^2y^5+21x-9}{3}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $x^2$ by $ \dfrac{y^5}{3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ x^2y^5 }{ 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. $$ \begin{aligned} x^2 \cdot \frac{y^5}{3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{y^5}{3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ x^2 \cdot y^5 }{ 1 \cdot 3 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ x^2y^5 }{ 3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{x^2y^5}{3} $ from $ 7x-3 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -x^2y^5+21x-9 } }{ 3 }$. Step 1: Write $ 7x-3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |