Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{6k^2}\cdot\frac{1}{3k^2}-\frac{1}{k}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{1}{18k^4}-\frac{1}{k} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{-18k^4+k}{18k^5}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Step 1: Multiply numerators and denominators. Step 2: Simplify numerator and denominator. $$ \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{6k^2} \cdot \frac{1}{3k^2} \xlongequal{\text{Step 1}} \frac{ 1 \cdot 1 }{ 6k^2 \cdot 3k^2 } \xlongequal{\text{Step 2}} \frac{ 1 }{ 18k^4 } \end{aligned} $$ |
② | To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |