Name: Ashley
Who is asking: Student
Level: Secondary
Question:
Could you please show steps to thank you so much. (/ means fraction) 1/x(squared)
+ 5/xy
Hi Ashley,
You haven't told me what the question is so I will have to guess. I expect the question is to add the two fractions or write the sum with a common denominator.
The denominators are x 2 = x 
x
and x y.
To construct a common denominator you need x x
for the first fraction and x y
for the second. The most economical way to do this is to use the denominator
x x y = x 2y
To change the denominator of the first fraction to x 2y
you need to multiply it by y. Thus you need to also multiply the numerator
by y. Hence
To change the denominator of the second fraction to
x 2y you need to multiply it by x. Thus you need
to also multiply the numerator by x. Hence
Finally
