| $$ \begin{aligned}\frac{2x^2}{x^2+6x+9}-\frac{x-3}{x+3}& \xlongequal{ \color{blue}{ \text{\normalsize{ \htmlClass{explanationCircle explanationCircle1}{\textcircled {1}} } }}}\frac{x^2+9}{x^2+6x+9}\end{aligned} $$ | |
| ① | Subtract $ \dfrac{x-3}{x+3} $ from $ \dfrac{2x^2}{x^2+6x+9} $ to get $ \dfrac{ \color{purple}{ x^2+9 } }{ x^2+6x+9 }$. To subtract raitonal expressions, both fractions must have the same denominator. |