Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}8 \cdot \frac{t}{8t+4}+\frac{t}{16t+8}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{8t}{8t+4}+\frac{t}{16t+8} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{17t}{16t+8}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $8$ by $ \dfrac{t}{8t+4} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 8t }{ 8t+4 } $. Step 1: Write $ 8 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 8 \cdot \frac{t}{8t+4} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{8}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{t}{8t+4} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 8 \cdot t }{ 1 \cdot \left( 8t+4 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 8t }{ 8t+4 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{8t}{8t+4} $ and $ \dfrac{t}{16t+8} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 17t } }{ 16t+8 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |