Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}5x+\frac{1}{10}x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(5+\frac{1}{10})x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{51}{10}x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle3}{\textcircled {3}} } }}}\frac{51x}{10}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Use the distributive property. |
② | Combine like terms |
③ | Step 1: Write $ x $ as a fraction by putting $ \color{red}{ 1 } $ in the denominator. Step 2: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 3: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{51}{10} \cdot x & \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{51}{10} \cdot \frac{x}{\color{red}{1}} \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 51 \cdot x }{ 10 \cdot 1 } = \\[1ex] & \xlongequal{\text{Step 3}} \frac{ 51x }{ 10 } \end{aligned} $$ |