Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}-\frac{-6-10i}{3}+\frac{4i}{3}-\frac{10}{9}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{14i+6}{3}-\frac{10}{9} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{42i+8}{9}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | To add expressions with the same denominators, we add the numerators and write the result over the common denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{6+10i}{3} + \frac{4i}{3} & = \frac{6+10i}{\color{blue}{3}} + \frac{4i}{\color{blue}{3}} =\frac{ 6+10i + 4i }{ \color{blue}{ 3 }} = \\[1ex] &= \frac{14i+6}{3} \end{aligned} $$ |
② | To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |