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