Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}p-5+10 \cdot \frac{p}{p-2}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}p-5+\frac{10p}{p-2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{p^2+3p+10}{p-2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Multiply $10$ by $ \dfrac{p}{p-2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 10p }{ p-2 } $. 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. $$ \begin{aligned} 10 \cdot \frac{p}{p-2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{10}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{p}{p-2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 10 \cdot p }{ 1 \cdot \left( p-2 \right) } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 10p }{ p-2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Add $p-5$ and $ \dfrac{10p}{p-2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ p^2+3p+10 } }{ p-2 }$. Step 1: Write $ p-5 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |