Extracting common factor

Calculate, extracting common factor:

  1. $\dfrac{1}{5}\cdot\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot\dfrac{1}{5}$
  2. $\dfrac{3}{5}\cdot\dfrac{a}{b}-\dfrac{2}{b}\cdot\dfrac{a}{3}+\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{1}{3}$
  1. $\dfrac{1}{5}\cdot\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot\dfrac{1}{5}-\dfrac{1}{3}\cdot\dfrac{1}{5}=\dfrac{1}{5}\cdot\Big(\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}-\dfrac{1}{3}\Big)=$ $=\dfrac{1}{5}\cdot\dfrac{2}{3}=\dfrac{2}{15}$

  2. $\dfrac{3}{5}\cdot\dfrac{a}{b}-\dfrac{2}{b}\cdot\dfrac{a}{3}+\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{1}{3}=\dfrac{3}{5}\cdot\dfrac{a}{b}-\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{1}{3}=$ $=\dfrac{3}{5}\cdot\dfrac{a}{b}+\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\Big(-\dfrac{2}{3}\Big)+\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{1}{3}= \dfrac{a}{b}\cdot \Big(\dfrac{3}{5}-\dfrac{2}{3}+\dfrac{1}{3}\Big)=$ $\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot \Big(\dfrac{9}{15}-\dfrac{10}{15}+\dfrac{5}{15}\Big)= \dfrac{a}{b}\cdot \Big(\dfrac{9-10+5}{15}\Big)=\dfrac{a}{b}\cdot\dfrac{4}{15}=\dfrac{4a}{15b}$

  1. $\dfrac{2}{15}$
  2. $\dfrac{4a}{15b}$
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