Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{\frac{x}{x+3}}{x}}{10}+\frac{5}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{\frac{1}{x+3}}{10}+\frac{5}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{1}{10x+30}+\frac{5}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{51x+150}{10x^2+30x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Divide $ \dfrac{x}{x+3} $ by $ x $ to get $ \dfrac{ 1 }{ x+3 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Cancel $ \color{blue}{ x } $ in first and second fraction. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 4: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{x}{x+3} }{x} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x}{x+3} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{x}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{x+3} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1}} = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 1 \cdot 1 }{ \left( x+3 \right) \cdot 1 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 4}} \frac{ 1 }{ x+3 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{1}{x+3} $ by $ 10 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 1 }{ 10x+30 } $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{1}{x+3} }{10} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{1}{x+3} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{10}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 \cdot 1 }{ \left( x+3 \right) \cdot 10 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 1 }{ 10x+30 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{1}{10x+30} $ and $ \dfrac{5}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 51x+150 } }{ 10x^2+30x }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |