Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}10x^2-\frac{20}{4}x^2-10x& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}(10-\frac{20}{4})x^2-10x \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}5x^2-10x\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Use the distributive property. |
② | Combine like terms |