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Answer 1

Multiply numerator with numerator, denominator with denominator.

Answer 2

why are you asking for the difference when the operation is multiplication ?

Answer 3

for the this it ask what is the difference. so idk lol

Answer 4

so does it have a - between the two fractions?

Answer 5

\[\frac{5x-2}{4x}-\frac{x-2}{4x}\]
or
\[\frac{5x-2}{4x} \times \frac{x-2}{4x}\]

Answer 6

* this symbol is usually meant that we are multiplying

Answer 7

\[\frac{5x-2-(x-2)}{4x}\]
since they had the same denominator combine the fractions

Answer 8

Distribute the -1 in front of the (x-2)

Answer 9

\[\frac{5x-2+(-1)(x-2)}{4x}\]

Answer 10

Do you know the distributive property?
a(b+c)=ab+ac

Answer 11

(-1)(x-2)
How do you use the distribute property here?
Can you demonstrate?

Answer 12

\[(a)(b+c)=(a)(b)+(a)(c)\]

Answer 13

\[(a)(b-c)=(a)(b)-(a)(c)\]

Answer 14

\[(-1)(x-2)=?\]

Answer 15

here is another example
\[(-a)(b-c)=(-a)(b)-(-a)(c)\]
Another:
\[(-a)(b+c)=(-a)(b)+(-a)(c)\]

Answer 16

yes
(-1)(x)-(-1)(2)
-x+2
right? :)
great job!

Answer 17

\[\frac{5x-2-x+2}{4x}\]

Answer 18

So this is what we have after distributing -1 to (x-2)
Now you have like terms on top correct?

Answer 19

\[\frac{5x-x-2+2}{4x}\]
I rearrange the terms notice I kept the signs that belong to each term with each term