Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}n-\frac{1}{5}n-5& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(1-\frac{1}{5})n-5 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{4}{5}n-5 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{4n}{5}-5 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{4n-25}{5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Use the distributive property. |
| ② | Combine like terms |
| ③ | Multiply $ \dfrac{4}{5} $ by $ n $ to get $ \dfrac{ 4n }{ 5 } $. Step 1: Write $ n $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{4}{5} \cdot n & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{4}{5} \cdot \frac{n}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 4 \cdot n }{ 5 \cdot 1 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 4n }{ 5 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Subtract $5$ from $ \dfrac{4n}{5} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 4n-25 } }{ 5 }$. Step 1: Write $ 5 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |