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| $$ \begin{aligned}8 \cdot \frac{x^2}{16}x^2-112x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{8x^2}{16}x^2-112x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{8x^4}{16}-112x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{8x^4-1792x}{16}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $8$ by $ \dfrac{x^2}{16} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 8x^2 }{ 16 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 8 \cdot \frac{x^2}{16} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{8}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^2}{16} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 8 \cdot x^2 }{ 1 \cdot 16 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 8x^2 }{ 16 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{8x^2}{16} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 8x^4 }{ 16 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{8x^2}{16} \cdot x^2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{8x^2}{16} \cdot \frac{x^2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 8x^2 \cdot x^2 }{ 16 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 8x^4 }{ 16 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $112x$ from $ \dfrac{8x^4}{16} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 8x^4-1792x } }{ 16 }$. Step 1: Write $ 112x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |