Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
| $$ \begin{aligned}x+2x-\frac{3}{x}+3& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}3x-\frac{3}{x}+3 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{3x^2-3}{x}+3 \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{3x^2+3x-3}{x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Combine like terms: $$ \color{blue}{x} + \color{blue}{2x} = \color{blue}{3x} $$ |
| ② | Subtract $ \dfrac{3}{x} $ from $ 3x $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2-3 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 3x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |
| ③ | Add $ \dfrac{3x^2-3}{x} $ and $ 3 $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ 3x^2+3x-3 } }{ x }$. Step 1: Write $ 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. |