Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{\frac{\frac{x^2}{4}}{x^2}}{4}-\frac{4}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{\frac{1}{4}}{4}-\frac{4}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{1}{16}-\frac{4}{x} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{x-64}{16x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Divide $ \dfrac{x^2}{4} $ by $ x^2 $ to get $ \dfrac{1}{4} $. Step 1: To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Cancel $ \color{blue}{ x^2 } $ in first and second fraction. Step 3: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{x^2}{4} }{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{x^2}{4} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{x^2}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{4} \cdot \frac{1}{\color{blue}{1}} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{1}{4} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ② | Divide $ \dfrac{1}{4} $ by $ 4 $ to get $ \dfrac{1}{16} $. To divide rational expressions, multiply the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{ \frac{1}{4} }{4} = \frac{1}{4} \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{1}}{\color{blue}{4}} = \frac{1}{16} \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{4}{x} $ from $ \dfrac{1}{16} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x-64 } }{ 16x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |