Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}8 \cdot \frac{y}{12y+12}-10\frac{y}{3y+3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{8y}{12y+12}-\frac{10y}{3y+3} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}-\frac{32y}{12y+12}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $8$ by $ \dfrac{y}{12y+12} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 8y }{ 12y+12 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 8 \cdot \frac{y}{12y+12} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{8}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{y}{12y+12} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 8 \cdot y }{ 1 \cdot \left( 12y+12 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 8y }{ 12y+12 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $10$ by $ \dfrac{y}{3y+3} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 10y }{ 3y+3 } $. Step 1: Write $ 10 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 10 \cdot \frac{y}{3y+3} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{10}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{y}{3y+3} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 10 \cdot y }{ 1 \cdot \left( 3y+3 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 10y }{ 3y+3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{10y}{3y+3} $ from $ \dfrac{8y}{12y+12} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -32y } }{ 12y+12 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |