| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{1}{3x}-\frac{4}{x+2}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{-11x+2}{3x^2+6x}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{4}{x+2} $ from $ \dfrac{1}{3x} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ -11x+2 } }{ 3x^2+6x }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |