Tap the blue circles to see an explanation.
$$ \begin{aligned}\frac{2}{x+2}+\frac{3}{(x+2)^2}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{2}{x+2}+\frac{3}{x^2+4x+4} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle2}{\textcircled {2}} } }}}\frac{2x+7}{x^2+4x+4}\end{aligned} $$ | |
① | Find $ \left(x+2\right)^2 $ using formula. $$ (A + B)^2 = \color{blue}{A^2} + 2 \cdot A \cdot B + \color{red}{B^2} $$where $ A = \color{blue}{ x } $ and $ B = \color{red}{ 2 }$. $$ \begin{aligned}\left(x+2\right)^2 = \color{blue}{x^2} +2 \cdot x \cdot 2 + \color{red}{2^2} = x^2+4x+4\end{aligned} $$ |
② | To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |