| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{x^2+2x}+\frac{x-1}{x}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x^3+x^2-x}{x^3+2x^2} \xlongequal{ } \\[1 em] & \xlongequal{ }\frac{x^2+x-1}{x^2+2x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Add $ \dfrac{1}{x^2+2x} $ and $ \dfrac{x-1}{x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^3+x^2-x } }{ x^3+2x^2 }$. To add raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |