Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}x\cdot2-7x-\frac{30}{x}\cdot2-5x-24& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}-5x-\frac{30}{x}\cdot2-5x-24 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}-5x-\frac{60}{x}-5x-24 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{-5x^2-60}{x}-5x-24 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle4}{\textcircled {4}} } }}}\frac{-10x^2-60}{x}-24 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle5}{\textcircled {5}} } }}}\frac{-10x^2-24x-60}{x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{2x} \color{blue}{-7x} = \color{blue}{-5x} $$ |
| ② | Multiply $ \dfrac{30}{x} $ by $ 2 $ to get $ \dfrac{ 60 }{ x } $. Step 1: Write $ 2 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{30}{x} \cdot 2 & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{30}{x} \cdot \frac{2}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 30 \cdot 2 }{ x \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 60 }{ x } \end{aligned} $$ |
| ③ | Subtract $ \dfrac{60}{x} $ from $ -5x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -5x^2-60 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ -5x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ④ | Subtract $5x$ from $ \dfrac{-5x^2-60}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -10x^2-60 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 5x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ⑤ | Subtract $24$ from $ \dfrac{-10x^2-60}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -10x^2-24x-60 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 24 $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |