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| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{b}{6b-9}+4\frac{b}{12b-18}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{b}{6b-9}+\frac{4b}{12b-18} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{6b}{12b-18}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $4$ by $ \dfrac{b}{12b-18} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 4b }{ 12b-18 } $. Step 1: Write $ 4 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 4 \cdot \frac{b}{12b-18} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{4}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{b}{12b-18} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 4 \cdot b }{ 1 \cdot \left( 12b-18 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 4b }{ 12b-18 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $ \dfrac{b}{6b-9} $ and $ \dfrac{4b}{12b-18} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 6b } }{ 12b-18 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |