Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}x^2+5x-\frac{36}{18}x-2x^2x^4+4x^3+3\frac{x^2}{x^2}+10x+9& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}x^2+5x-\frac{36}{18}x-2x^6+4x^3+3\frac{x^2}{x^2}+10x+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}x^2+5x - \frac{ 36 : \color{orangered}{ 18 } }{ 18 : \color{orangered}{ 18 }} \cdot x - 2x^6 + 4x^3 + \frac{3x^2}{x^2} + 10x + 9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}x^2+5x-\frac{2}{1}x-2x^6+4x^3+\frac{3x^2}{x^2}+10x+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle6}{\textcircled {6}} } }}}x^2+5x-2x-2x^6+4x^3+\frac{3x^2}{x^2}+10x+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle7}{\textcircled {7}} \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle8}{\textcircled {8}} } }}}x^2+3x-2x^6+4x^3+\frac{3x^2}{x^2}+10x+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle9}{\textcircled {9}} } }}}\frac{-2x^8+4x^5+x^4+3x^3+3x^2}{x^2}+10x+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle10}{\textcircled {10}} } }}}\frac{-2x^8+4x^5+x^4+13x^3+3x^2}{x^2}+9 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle11}{\textcircled {11}} } }}}\frac{-2x^8+4x^5+x^4+13x^3+12x^2}{x^2}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | $$ 2 x^2 x^4 = 2 x^{2 + 4} = 2 x^6 $$ |
| ② | Divide both the top and bottom numbers by $ \color{orangered}{ 18 } $. |
| ③ | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x^2}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x^2 }{ 1 \cdot x^2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ④ | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x^2}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x^2 }{ 1 \cdot x^2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑤ | Remove 1 from denominator. |
| ⑥ | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x^2}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x^2 }{ 1 \cdot x^2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑦ | Combine like terms: $$ x^2+ \color{blue}{5x} \color{blue}{-2x} = x^2+ \color{blue}{3x} $$ |
| ⑧ | Multiply $3$ by $ \dfrac{x^2}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } $. Step 1: Write $ 3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{1} $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} 3 \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{3}{\color{red}{1}} \cdot \frac{x^2}{x^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 3 \cdot x^2 }{ 1 \cdot x^2 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 3x^2 }{ x^2 } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ⑨ | Add $x^2+3x-2x^6+4x^3$ and $ \dfrac{3x^2}{x^2} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2x^8+4x^5+x^4+3x^3+3x^2 } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ x^2+3x-2x^6+4x^3 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑩ | Add $ \dfrac{-2x^8+4x^5+x^4+3x^3+3x^2}{x^2} $ and $ 10x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2x^8+4x^5+x^4+13x^3+3x^2 } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 10x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑪ | Add $ \dfrac{-2x^8+4x^5+x^4+13x^3+3x^2}{x^2} $ and $ 9 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -2x^8+4x^5+x^4+13x^3+12x^2 } }{ x^2 }$. Step 1: Write $ 9 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |