Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{9}{x}-y+\frac{4}{x}-y& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{-xy+9}{x}+\frac{4}{x}-y \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-xy+13}{x}-y \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-2xy+13}{x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $y$ from $ \dfrac{9}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -xy+9 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ y $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{-xy+9}{x} $ and $ \dfrac{4}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{-xy+13}{x} $. To add expressions with the same denominators, we add the numerators and write the result over the common denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{-xy+9}{x} + \frac{4}{x} & = \frac{-xy+9}{\color{blue}{x}} + \frac{4}{\color{blue}{x}} =\frac{ -xy+9 + 4 }{ \color{blue}{ x }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{-xy+13}{x} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $y$ from $ \dfrac{-xy+13}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2xy+13 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ y $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |